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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. The start of it all
    05:06
    The start of it all
  3. Questions from Adison and Iona
    03:07
    Questions from Adison and Iona
  4. Illustrations
    06:32
    Illustrations
  5. Reading
    05:40
    Reading
  6. Questions from Halley and Ryan
    03:26
    Questions from Halley and Ryan
  7. Codes and puzzles
    02:31
    Codes and puzzles
  8. Questions from Ian and Keiran
    02:45
    Questions from Ian and Keiran
  9. Questions from all over the place!
    06:36
    Questions from all over the place!
  10. Pets
    00:55
    Pets
  11. Introducing Sav Akyuz
    01:45
    Introducing Sav Akyuz
  12. The main characters
    03:46
    The main characters
  13. Diving Poem
    02:24
    Diving Poem
  14. How Books Start
    06:40
    How Books Start
  15. Konnie’s Love of Science
    02:32
    Konnie’s Love of Science
  16. Cracking questions
    02:08
    Cracking questions
  17. Creating a Poem
    08:58
    Creating a Poem
  18. Draw Along
    10:16
    Draw Along
  19. Orion Lost reading
    02:48
    Orion Lost reading
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