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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. Authors Live - Julia Donaldson - Reading
    06:58
    Authors Live - Julia Donaldson - Reading
  3. Authors Live - Julia Donaldson - The Gruffalo
    07:01
    Authors Live - Julia Donaldson - The Gruffalo
  4. He's a Grrrrrrrruffalo!
    04:21
    He's a Grrrrrrrruffalo!
  5. Q&A with Julia Donaldson
    03:29
    Q&A with Julia Donaldson
  6. More Q&A with Julia Donaldson
    04:27
    More Q&A with Julia Donaldson
  7. More Q&A with Julia Donaldson
    02:45
    More Q&A with Julia Donaldson
  8. Audience questions
    03:17
    Audience questions
  9. Reading from The Boy Who Made Monsters
    03:08
    Reading from The Boy Who Made Monsters
  10. Start with a face
    02:25
    Start with a face
  11. School Questions
    05:51
    School Questions
  12. Y is for Young Adult
    03:43
    Y is for Young Adult
  13. Studio questions
    02:06
    Studio questions
  14. A question from Blake
    01:15
    A question from Blake
  15. Working with an illustrator
    02:38
    Working with an illustrator
  16. Meeting the Wolf Queen
    02:20
    Meeting the Wolf Queen
  17. Noi and his family
    03:19
    Noi and his family
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