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Stories and puzzles
Alastair talks about how he first got into writing books
  1. Stories and puzzles
    01:34
    Stories and puzzles
  2. Horrid Henry's Monster Movie
    01:23
    Horrid Henry's Monster Movie
  3. A proof reading
    05:09
    A proof reading
  4. How Henry happened
    05:58
    How Henry happened
  5. Ideas for Henry's stories
    07:00
    Ideas for Henry's stories
  6. Not a Horrid Henry book
    02:16
    Not a Horrid Henry book
  7. Tips for budding writers
    03:41
    Tips for budding writers
  8. Q&A with Francesca Simon
    04:30
    Q&A with Francesca Simon
  9. More Q&A with Francesca Simon
    04:21
    More Q&A with Francesca Simon
  10. Reading The Gruffalo in Gaelic
    07:30
    Reading The Gruffalo in Gaelic
  11. Themes of books
    03:14
    Themes of books
  12. The World of the Crossing
    08:03
    The World of the Crossing
  13. The Crackledawn Dragon
    02:10
    The Crackledawn Dragon
  14. What motivates writing and how do you develop ideas?
    04:19
    What motivates writing and how do you develop ideas?
  15. Why is it important to learn Scots and Gaelic?
    03:10
    Why is it important to learn Scots and Gaelic?
  16. Introduction to the Twitchers
    05:50
    Introduction to the Twitchers
  17. Wizards of Once reading
    04:24
    Wizards of Once reading
  18. Don't Kvetch
    01:55
    Don't Kvetch
  19. Whuppity Stoorie by Lari Don
    16:05
    Whuppity Stoorie by Lari Don
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