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Ideas for stories
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Mairi talks about where she gets her ideas for stories
  1. Ideas for stories
    02:10
    Ideas for stories
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  2. Mairi Hedderwick chats with Janice Forsyth
    08:03
    Mairi Hedderwick chats with Janice Forsyth
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  3. Katie Morag and Cbeebies
    06:17
    Katie Morag and Cbeebies
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  4. The story of Katie Morag and the Tiresome Ted
    13:05
    The story of Katie Morag and the Tiresome Ted
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  5. Questions from the audience
    06:23
    Questions from the audience
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  6. Ideas
    03:35
    Ideas
  7. What's Sputnik up to?
    00:32
    What's Sputnik up to?
  8. Introducing The Black Flamingo
    00:27
    Introducing The Black Flamingo
  9. Feather reading
    06:20
    Feather reading
  10. How to draw a cheetah
    07:21
    How to draw a cheetah
  11. Reading The Undefeated
    03:32
    Reading The Undefeated
  12. Questions from the audience
    05:40
    Questions from the audience
  13. Writing Haikus
    08:00
    Writing Haikus
  14. Who is Josh Bell?
    01:03
    Who is Josh Bell?
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