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How to Train Your Dragon reading
Cressida reads an extract from her most famous book
  1. How to Train Your Dragon reading
    04:38
    How to Train Your Dragon reading
  2. Ghosts of Heaven
    02:56
    Ghosts of Heaven
  3. Spirals and cave art
    02:59
    Spirals and cave art
  4. The beginning of writing
    01:47
    The beginning of writing
  5. The teenage brain
    05:51
    The teenage brain
  6. Writing realistically
    01:59
    Writing realistically
  7. Reading
    03:16
    Reading
  8. Into a dark cave
    01:36
    Into a dark cave
  9. Questions near
    05:54
    Questions near
  10. Questions far
    02:42
    Questions far
  11. Inspirations and Escaped Terrapin
    08:22
    Inspirations and Escaped Terrapin
  12. Hercules Song
    01:56
    Hercules Song
  13. Reading of The Squirrels Who Squabbled
    03:47
    Reading of The Squirrels Who Squabbled
  14. Books and confidence
    01:08
    Books and confidence
  15. Questions from West Calder High School
    05:42
    Questions from West Calder High School
  16. Dogs in space
    01:29
    Dogs in space
  17. The real world and the fictional world
    11:22
    The real world and the fictional world
  18. How to draw a cheetah
    07:21
    How to draw a cheetah
  19. Alastair’s influences
    00:28
    Alastair’s influences
  20. Questions from the audience
    09:53
    Questions from the audience
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