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How do you come up with names for your characters?
Arlo and Augustus are great names for characters, but how does Catherine dream them up?
  1. How do you come up with names for your characters?
    01:09
    How do you come up with names for your characters?
  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. Introducing The Black Flamingo
    00:27
    Introducing The Black Flamingo
  8. Draw the Light Ship
    05:16
    Draw the Light Ship
  9. Lauren reads
    04:58
    Lauren reads
  10. Beginnings
    01:47
    Beginnings
  11. Ideas and inspirational teachers
    05:32
    Ideas and inspirational teachers
  12. Steven Lenton's illustrations
    00:35
    Steven Lenton's illustrations
  13. Chris McQueer – reading
    03:07
    Chris McQueer – reading
  14. Reading from The Boy Who Made Monsters
    03:08
    Reading from The Boy Who Made Monsters
  15. Stories and puzzles
    01:34
    Stories and puzzles
  16. Authors Live with Holly Bourne
    34:04
    Authors Live with Holly Bourne
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