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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. Move it
    00:51
    Move it
  3. My dad knows everything
    04:26
    My dad knows everything
  4. Return of the bendy, bendy toothbrush
    05:50
    Return of the bendy, bendy toothbrush
  5. The noise!
    03:52
    The noise!
  6. The space
    01:18
    The space
  7. What is your favourite piece of work that you've written? What is your most treasured possession?
    03:19
    What is your favourite piece of work that you've written? What is your most treasured possession?
  8. Where do you get your ideas from? What is a poem?
    04:33
    Where do you get your ideas from? What is a poem?
  9. Reading The Gruffalo in Scots
    06:54
    Reading The Gruffalo in Scots
  10. Being Children’s Laureate
    05:08
    Being Children’s Laureate
  11. Questions from schools
    05:58
    Questions from schools
  12. Early drawings
    00:49
    Early drawings
  13. Start with a face
    02:25
    Start with a face
  14. Questions from schools
    05:40
    Questions from schools
  15. Reading from The Boy Who Made Monsters
    03:08
    Reading from The Boy Who Made Monsters
  16. The origins of 'Lads'
    06:09
    The origins of 'Lads'
  17. Writing the Twitchers
    05:00
    Writing the Twitchers
  18. Stories and puzzles
    01:34
    Stories and puzzles
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