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How do you come up with names for your characters?
Arlo and Augustus are great names for characters, but how does Catherine dream them up?
  1. How do you come up with names for your characters?
    01:09
    How do you come up with names for your characters?
  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. This is a democracy
    00:39
    This is a democracy
  8. Tom on his illustrations
    05:00
    Tom on his illustrations
  9. Introducing Cookie
    04:11
    Introducing Cookie
  10. Keep going!
    01:28
    Keep going!
  11. Schools questions
    09:55
    Schools questions
  12. Introducing Wain
    00:21
    Introducing Wain
  13. Questions from schools
    05:58
    Questions from schools
  14. Kiran’s writing process
    05:08
    Kiran’s writing process
  15. Questions from schools
    07:40
    Questions from schools
  16. Sue's presentation
    11:34
    Sue's presentation
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