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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. How to be a writer
    02:37
    How to be a writer
  3. Michael Morpurgo's secret
    03:21
    Michael Morpurgo's secret
  4. Sketch it out!
    02:37
    Sketch it out!
  5. Everything is cool!
    04:22
    Everything is cool!
  6. The Elephant in the Garden
    09:18
    The Elephant in the Garden
  7. Q&A with Michael Morpurgo
    07:16
    Q&A with Michael Morpurgo
  8. More Q&A with Michael Morpurgo
    08:33
    More Q&A with Michael Morpurgo
  9. Introducing The Black Flamingo
    00:27
    Introducing The Black Flamingo
  10. More questions
    01:42
    More questions
  11. Walking and talking
    02:23
    Walking and talking
  12. How Catherine works
    00:59
    How Catherine works
  13. Boogie Woogie Buggy
    01:41
    Boogie Woogie Buggy
  14. The importance of libraries
    08:10
    The importance of libraries
  15. A question from Freya.
    01:00
    A question from Freya.
  16. What's Sputnik up to?
    00:32
    What's Sputnik up to?
  17. What motivates writing and how do you develop ideas?
    04:19
    What motivates writing and how do you develop ideas?
  18. Questions from schools
    06:15
    Questions from schools
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