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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. Comics
    04:26
    Comics
  10. Sputnik
    00:55
    Sputnik
  11. Our Tower reading
    06:12
    Our Tower reading
  12. The poetry community
    01:45
    The poetry community
  13. The Great Storm Whale reading
    06:27
    The Great Storm Whale reading
  14. How did you plan the structure of the novel?
    02:38
    How did you plan the structure of the novel?
  15. There’s Nothing Faster Than a Cheetah
    03:53
    There’s Nothing Faster Than a Cheetah
  16. Cookie’s Brain Busting Quiz
    06:44
    Cookie’s Brain Busting Quiz
  17. Questions from West Calder High School
    05:42
    Questions from West Calder High School
  18. Dragonese
    01:19
    Dragonese
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