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Favourite characters and Matthew Henson
Catherine talks about the characters in her books and the real people who inspired them.
  1. Favourite characters and Matthew Henson
    04:28
    Favourite characters and Matthew Henson
  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 from 'The Places I've Cried in Public'
    04:53
    Reading from 'The Places I've Cried in Public'
  11. Pupils' questions
    07:21
    Pupils' questions
  12. Beginnings
    01:47
    Beginnings
  13. Don't Kvetch
    01:55
    Don't Kvetch
  14. Wordplay
    14:05
    Wordplay
  15. The story rollercoaster
    00:58
    The story rollercoaster
  16. Orion Lost reading
    02:48
    Orion Lost reading
  17. Working with an illustrator
    02:38
    Working with an illustrator
  18. The Selkie and Finfolkaheem
    03:48
    The Selkie and Finfolkaheem
  19. Questions from the audience
    05:40
    Questions from the audience
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