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The real world and the fictional world
How a rain forest in Wales provided inspiration for Kiran’s fictional world.
  1. The real world and the fictional world
    11:22
    The real world and the fictional world
  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. Writing historical fiction
    03:58
    Writing historical fiction
  8. Favourite Scots Words
    04:20
    Favourite Scots Words
  9. Reading of The Gecko and the Echo
    05:25
    Reading of The Gecko and the Echo
  10. Cookie’s Brain Busting Quiz
    06:44
    Cookie’s Brain Busting Quiz
  11. There’s Nothing Faster Than a Cheetah
    03:53
    There’s Nothing Faster Than a Cheetah
  12. The Selkie and Finfolkaheem
    03:48
    The Selkie and Finfolkaheem
  13. Creating a Poem
    08:58
    Creating a Poem
  14. Questions from pupils
    02:50
    Questions from pupils
  15. The World of the Crossing
    08:03
    The World of the Crossing
  16. Where monsters come from
    03:38
    Where monsters come from
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