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Writing Haikus
Brian explains how haikus work and challenges you to write your own!
  1. Writing Haikus
    08:00
    Writing Haikus
  2. Move it
    00:51
    Move it
  3. My dad knows everything
    04:26
    My dad knows everything
  4. Return of the bendy, bendy toothbrush
    05:50
    Return of the bendy, bendy toothbrush
  5. The noise!
    03:52
    The noise!
  6. The space
    01:18
    The space
  7. What is your favourite piece of work that you've written? What is your most treasured possession?
    03:19
    What is your favourite piece of work that you've written? What is your most treasured possession?
  8. Where do you get your ideas from? What is a poem?
    04:33
    Where do you get your ideas from? What is a poem?
  9. Gil's bug hospital
    05:28
    Gil's bug hospital
  10. Reading from The Boy Who Made Monsters
    03:08
    Reading from The Boy Who Made Monsters
  11. Steven Lenton's illustrations
    00:35
    Steven Lenton's illustrations
  12. Beginnings
    01:47
    Beginnings
  13. Feather reading
    06:20
    Feather reading
  14. Introducing Cookie
    04:11
    Introducing Cookie
  15. Hooked on Reading
    03:03
    Hooked on Reading
  16. Lauren reads
    04:58
    Lauren reads
  17. We are all storytellers
    05:27
    We are all storytellers
  18. Reading from The Crossing
    04:47
    Reading from The Crossing
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