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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. Early Years
    03:15
    Early Years
  3. Growing Older With a Moustache
    03:24
    Growing Older With a Moustache
  4. My Superheroes
    04:35
    My Superheroes
  5. My Superpowers
    04:22
    My Superpowers
  6. Quick Quack Quentin
    06:04
    Quick Quack Quentin
  7. Stealing A's
    02:16
    Stealing A's
  8. Oi Frog!
    06:21
    Oi Frog!
  9. Alternative Ending
    03:46
    Alternative Ending
  10. Phil’s characters
    05:36
    Phil’s characters
  11. Reading The Gruffalo in Scots
    06:54
    Reading The Gruffalo in Scots
  12. Discovering New Words
    03:16
    Discovering New Words
  13. Introducing Wain
    00:21
    Introducing Wain
  14. Making the change
    03:33
    Making the change
  15. Questions from schools
    07:37
    Questions from schools
  16. How did you learn to draw?
    00:36
    How did you learn to draw?
  17. Finding the bear
    01:06
    Finding the bear
  18. Hallowe'en in Scotland
    06:14
    Hallowe'en in Scotland
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