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Introducing The Black Flamingo
Dean describes his novel in verse, The Black Flamingo.
  1. Introducing The Black Flamingo
    00:27
    Introducing The Black Flamingo
  2. Introducing James
    01:39
    Introducing James
  3. How James got started
    03:33
    How James got started
  4. A pirate picture story
    10:15
    A pirate picture story
  5. Picturing Nessie
    04:01
    Picturing Nessie
  6. Q&A with James Mayhew
    11:26
    Q&A with James Mayhew
  7. Reading of The Squirrels Who Squabbled
    03:47
    Reading of The Squirrels Who Squabbled
  8. Pupils' questions
    07:21
    Pupils' questions
  9. Desert island books
    02:27
    Desert island books
  10. Questions from schools
    05:21
    Questions from schools
  11. How does Ross feel about writing and completing books?
    07:11
    How does Ross feel about writing and completing books?
  12. How do you come up with names for your characters?
    01:09
    How do you come up with names for your characters?
  13. Questions and Answers
    06:15
    Questions and Answers
  14. Poetry is everywhere
    14:55
    Poetry is everywhere
  15. How did you plan the structure of the novel?
    02:38
    How did you plan the structure of the novel?
  16. Where monsters come from
    03:38
    Where monsters come from
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