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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. 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. Phil’s presentation
    21:56
    Phil’s presentation
  10. Birdspotting Quiz
    05:46
    Birdspotting Quiz
  11. What motivates writing and how do you develop ideas?
    04:19
    What motivates writing and how do you develop ideas?
  12. Introducing The Black Flamingo
    00:27
    Introducing The Black Flamingo
  13. Reading from Race to the Frozen North
    02:32
    Reading from Race to the Frozen North
  14. Keep going!
    01:28
    Keep going!
  15. Writing Tips with... Alastair Chisholm
    09:12
    Writing Tips with... Alastair Chisholm
  16. Questions from the audience
    09:53
    Questions from the audience
  17. Questions from schools
    05:58
    Questions from schools
  18. Prez
    01:14
    Prez
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