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Favourite characters and Matthew Henson
Catherine talks about the characters in her books and the real people who inspired them.
  1. Favourite characters and Matthew Henson
    04:28
    Favourite characters and Matthew Henson
  2. Horrid Henry's Monster Movie
    01:23
    Horrid Henry's Monster Movie
  3. A proof reading
    05:09
    A proof reading
  4. How Henry happened
    05:58
    How Henry happened
  5. Ideas for Henry's stories
    07:00
    Ideas for Henry's stories
  6. Not a Horrid Henry book
    02:16
    Not a Horrid Henry book
  7. Tips for budding writers
    03:41
    Tips for budding writers
  8. Q&A with Francesca Simon
    04:30
    Q&A with Francesca Simon
  9. More Q&A with Francesca Simon
    04:21
    More Q&A with Francesca Simon
  10. How to Draw Granville's Head
    04:23
    How to Draw Granville's Head
  11. Creating a Poem
    08:58
    Creating a Poem
  12. Reading from The Crossover
    04:17
    Reading from The Crossover
  13. Pets
    00:55
    Pets
  14. Y is for Young Adult
    03:43
    Y is for Young Adult
  15. A bit of a read
    04:28
    A bit of a read
  16. Why is it important to learn Scots and Gaelic?
    03:10
    Why is it important to learn Scots and Gaelic?
  17. The importance of libraries
    08:10
    The importance of libraries
  18. How did you plan the structure of the novel?
    02:38
    How did you plan the structure of the novel?
  19. Birdspotting Quiz
    05:46
    Birdspotting Quiz
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