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Why comics matter
Mark talks about the importance of comics when it comes to reading.
  1. Why comics matter
    06:03
    Why comics matter
  2. Introducing Cookie
    04:11
    Introducing Cookie
  3. Konnie Reads From Cookie and the Most Annoying Boy in the World
    05:18
    Konnie Reads From Cookie and the Most Annoying Boy in the World
  4. Cookie’s Brain Busting Quiz
    06:44
    Cookie’s Brain Busting Quiz
  5. Konnie’s Love of Science
    02:32
    Konnie’s Love of Science
  6. Illustrating the Book
    02:15
    Illustrating the Book
  7. Pets
    00:55
    Pets
  8. Inspiration
    02:14
    Inspiration
  9. Hooked on Reading
    03:03
    Hooked on Reading
  10. Becoming an Author
    00:58
    Becoming an Author
  11. Konnie’s Favourite Character
    00:58
    Konnie’s Favourite Character
  12. More Cookie Books
    01:04
    More Cookie Books
  13. Kiran’s writing process
    05:08
    Kiran’s writing process
  14. Children’s Laureate
    03:24
    Children’s Laureate
  15. No Breathing in Class
    04:08
    No Breathing in Class
  16. Using Scotland as a setting
    01:06
    Using Scotland as a setting
  17. This is a democracy
    00:39
    This is a democracy
  18. The Crackledawn Dragon
    02:10
    The Crackledawn Dragon
  19. The origins of 'Lads'
    06:09
    The origins of 'Lads'
  20. Writing the Twitchers
    05:00
    Writing the Twitchers
  21. Writing – when why how?
    09:26
    Writing – when why how?
  22. Did anyone encourage Ross MacKenzie to write books?
    00:48
    Did anyone encourage Ross MacKenzie to write books?
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