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Being Children’s Laureate
Cressida talks about her time as Children’s Laureate
  1. Being Children’s Laureate
    05:08
    Being Children’s Laureate
  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. Finding the bear
    01:06
    Finding the bear
  11. Tom on his illustrations
    05:00
    Tom on his illustrations
  12. Schools questions
    09:55
    Schools questions
  13. Gill reads from Willow Wildthing and the Dragon's Egg
    05:44
    Gill reads from Willow Wildthing and the Dragon's Egg
  14. How important is it for young queer people to see themselves in fiction?
    03:12
    How important is it for young queer people to see themselves in fiction?
  15. Characters and Themes
    04:51
    Characters and Themes
  16. How to draw a blobfish
    03:35
    How to draw a blobfish
  17. Draw Noi and his dad
    10:03
    Draw Noi and his dad
  18. What Can Boys Learn From This Novel?
    03:02
    What Can Boys Learn From This Novel?
  19. Alastair’s influences
    00:28
    Alastair’s influences
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