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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. The Egyptian Empire
    16:39
    The Egyptian Empire
  3. The British Empire
    04:33
    The British Empire
  4. The World Wars
    07:23
    The World Wars
  5. Weird and Wonderful Inventors
    02:32
    Weird and Wonderful Inventors
  6. Phil’s characters
    05:36
    Phil’s characters
  7. Tom on his illustrations
    05:00
    Tom on his illustrations
  8. How to draw a blobfish
    03:35
    How to draw a blobfish
  9. Creating a Poem
    08:58
    Creating a Poem
  10. Did anyone encourage Ross MacKenzie to write books?
    00:48
    Did anyone encourage Ross MacKenzie to write books?
  11. Cookie’s Brain Busting Quiz
    06:44
    Cookie’s Brain Busting Quiz
  12. Questions from schools
    06:40
    Questions from schools
  13. What motivates writing and how do you develop ideas?
    04:19
    What motivates writing and how do you develop ideas?
  14. Writing Haikus
    08:00
    Writing Haikus
  15. Questions from the audience
    05:40
    Questions from the audience
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