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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. Introducing James
    01:39
    Introducing James
  3. How James got started
    03:33
    How James got started
  4. A pirate picture story
    10:15
    A pirate picture story
  5. Picturing Nessie
    04:01
    Picturing Nessie
  6. Q&A with James Mayhew
    11:26
    Q&A with James Mayhew
  7. The Crackledawn Dragon
    02:10
    The Crackledawn Dragon
  8. Read a long
    04:36
    Read a long
  9. The poetry community
    01:45
    The poetry community
  10. Questions from schools
    07:40
    Questions from schools
  11. Who is Josh Bell?
    01:03
    Who is Josh Bell?
  12. Book Introduction
    01:20
    Book Introduction
  13. The importance of libraries
    08:10
    The importance of libraries
  14. Sputnik
    00:55
    Sputnik
  15. What motivates writing and how do you develop ideas?
    04:19
    What motivates writing and how do you develop ideas?
  16. Favourite characters and Matthew Henson
    04:28
    Favourite characters and Matthew Henson
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