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Introducing The Black Flamingo
Dean describes his novel in verse, The Black Flamingo.
  1. Introducing The Black Flamingo
    00:27
    Introducing The Black Flamingo
  2. The start of it all
    05:06
    The start of it all
  3. Questions from Adison and Iona
    03:07
    Questions from Adison and Iona
  4. Illustrations
    06:32
    Illustrations
  5. Reading
    05:40
    Reading
  6. Questions from Halley and Ryan
    03:26
    Questions from Halley and Ryan
  7. Codes and puzzles
    02:31
    Codes and puzzles
  8. Questions from Ian and Keiran
    02:45
    Questions from Ian and Keiran
  9. Questions from all over the place!
    06:36
    Questions from all over the place!
  10. Relationship Behaviour
    01:57
    Relationship Behaviour
  11. Introducing us to new historical figures
    02:35
    Introducing us to new historical figures
  12. Final thoughts
    01:33
    Final thoughts
  13. Introduction to the Twitchers
    05:50
    Introduction to the Twitchers
  14. Characters
    01:58
    Characters
  15. Questions from schools
    06:15
    Questions from schools
  16. Reading of The River
    04:08
    Reading of The River
  17. Writing Tips with... Catherine Rayner
    08:13
    Writing Tips with... Catherine Rayner
  18. Favourite characters and Matthew Henson
    04:28
    Favourite characters and Matthew Henson
  19. D is for Dialogue
    03:04
    D is for Dialogue
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