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Being Children’s Laureate
Cressida talks about her time as Children’s Laureate
  1. Being Children’s Laureate
    05:08
    Being Children’s Laureate
  2. Move it
    00:51
    Move it
  3. My dad knows everything
    04:26
    My dad knows everything
  4. Return of the bendy, bendy toothbrush
    05:50
    Return of the bendy, bendy toothbrush
  5. The noise!
    03:52
    The noise!
  6. The space
    01:18
    The space
  7. What is your favourite piece of work that you've written? What is your most treasured possession?
    03:19
    What is your favourite piece of work that you've written? What is your most treasured possession?
  8. Where do you get your ideas from? What is a poem?
    04:33
    Where do you get your ideas from? What is a poem?
  9. Cardboard Cowboys reading
    05:01
    Cardboard Cowboys reading
  10. Poet recommendations
    02:45
    Poet recommendations
  11. Alastair’s influences
    00:28
    Alastair’s influences
  12. Gill reads from Willow Wildthing and the Dragon's Egg
    05:44
    Gill reads from Willow Wildthing and the Dragon's Egg
  13. The World of the Crossing
    08:03
    The World of the Crossing
  14. Crackledawn
    02:08
    Crackledawn
  15. Questions from schools
    05:22
    Questions from schools
  16. Balloons!
    02:59
    Balloons!
  17. The main characters
    03:46
    The main characters
  18. Working with young writers
    01:12
    Working with young writers
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