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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. Tom on his illustrations
    05:00
    Tom on his illustrations
  8. Discussing illustration
    03:51
    Discussing illustration
  9. Reading from Grimwood: Attack of the Stink Monster
    06:54
    Reading from Grimwood: Attack of the Stink Monster
  10. Writing Fiction
    01:29
    Writing Fiction
  11. More questions
    01:42
    More questions
  12. Creating a Poem
    08:58
    Creating a Poem
  13. Phil’s characters
    05:36
    Phil’s characters
  14. Mental Health
    02:25
    Mental Health
  15. Questions from schools
    07:37
    Questions from schools
  16. The life of Matthew Henson
    08:12
    The life of Matthew Henson
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