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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. A question from Freya.
    01:00
    A question from Freya.
  12. Our Tower reading
    06:12
    Our Tower reading
  13. A bit of a read
    04:28
    A bit of a read
  14. Taking Up Boxing
    03:04
    Taking Up Boxing
  15. Introducing us to new historical figures
    02:35
    Introducing us to new historical figures
  16. Questions from schools
    05:40
    Questions from schools
  17. Hooked on Reading
    03:03
    Hooked on Reading
  18. The origins of 'Lads'
    06:09
    The origins of 'Lads'
  19. Themes of books
    03:14
    Themes of books
  20. Fan fiction of your life!
    01:05
    Fan fiction of your life!
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