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Ideas for Henry's stories
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Francesca tells us more about coming up with ideas for Horrid Henry.
  1. Ideas for Henry's stories
    07:00
    Ideas for Henry's stories
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  2. Horrid Henry's Monster Movie
    01:23
    Horrid Henry's Monster Movie
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  3. A proof reading
    05:09
    A proof reading
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  4. How Henry happened
    05:58
    How Henry happened
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  5. Not a Horrid Henry book
    02:16
    Not a Horrid Henry book
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  6. Tips for budding writers
    03:41
    Tips for budding writers
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  7. Q&A with Francesca Simon
    04:30
    Q&A with Francesca Simon
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  8. More Q&A with Francesca Simon
    04:21
    More Q&A with Francesca Simon
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  9. Inspiration
    02:14
    Inspiration
  10. Questions from schools
    08:14
    Questions from schools
  11. Newton Farm Questions
    05:46
    Newton Farm Questions
  12. Sue's early influences
    04:42
    Sue's early influences
  13. Reading The Gruffalo in Gaelic
    07:30
    Reading The Gruffalo in Gaelic
  14. Three pointers for writers
    01:10
    Three pointers for writers
  15. Introducing Sav Akyuz
    01:45
    Introducing Sav Akyuz
  16. Crackledawn
    02:08
    Crackledawn
  17. Themes of books
    03:14
    Themes of books
  18. Questions from Linlithgow Academy
    05:02
    Questions from Linlithgow Academy
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