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Themes of books
Tom discusses why he focuses on feelings and emotions in his books.
  1. Themes of books
    03:14
    Themes of books
  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. More questions
    01:42
    More questions
  11. Would any of your characters make a good therapet?
    01:05
    Would any of your characters make a good therapet?
  12. Writing – when why how?
    09:26
    Writing – when why how?
  13. Wordplay
    14:05
    Wordplay
  14. Working with young writers
    01:12
    Working with young writers
  15. Drawing Fruit and Veg
    04:16
    Drawing Fruit and Veg
  16. How did you learn to draw?
    00:36
    How did you learn to draw?
  17. What motivates writing and how do you develop ideas?
    04:19
    What motivates writing and how do you develop ideas?
  18. Orion Lost reading
    02:48
    Orion Lost reading
  19. Tom on his illustrations
    05:00
    Tom on his illustrations
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