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Being Children’s Laureate
Cressida talks about her time as Children’s Laureate
  1. Being Children’s Laureate
    05:08
    Being Children’s Laureate
  2. Introduction
    04:05
    Introduction
  3. Genre
    08:41
    Genre
  4. The World
    05:53
    The World
  5. Drawing out the secret character
    05:00
    Drawing out the secret character
  6. Character and story
    08:16
    Character and story
  7. Stuff
    07:22
    Stuff
  8. Obstacles
    04:05
    Obstacles
  9. Choices
    10:01
    Choices
  10. Summary
    01:58
    Summary
  11. One frame
    01:29
    One frame
  12. Questions and Answers
    06:15
    Questions and Answers
  13. Working with young writers
    01:12
    Working with young writers
  14. Tom on his illustrations
    05:00
    Tom on his illustrations
  15. Questions from the audience
    09:53
    Questions from the audience
  16. Introducing Cookie
    04:11
    Introducing Cookie
  17. Going around gardens!
    03:12
    Going around gardens!
  18. Fan fiction of your life!
    01:05
    Fan fiction of your life!
  19. Three pointers for writers
    01:10
    Three pointers for writers
  20. The real world and the fictional world
    11:22
    The real world and the fictional world
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