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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 Cookie
    04:11
    Introducing Cookie
  3. Konnie Reads From Cookie and the Most Annoying Boy in the World
    05:18
    Konnie Reads From Cookie and the Most Annoying Boy in the World
  4. Cookie’s Brain Busting Quiz
    06:44
    Cookie’s Brain Busting Quiz
  5. Konnie’s Love of Science
    02:32
    Konnie’s Love of Science
  6. Illustrating the Book
    02:15
    Illustrating the Book
  7. Pets
    00:55
    Pets
  8. Inspiration
    02:14
    Inspiration
  9. Hooked on Reading
    03:03
    Hooked on Reading
  10. Becoming an Author
    00:58
    Becoming an Author
  11. Konnie’s Favourite Character
    00:58
    Konnie’s Favourite Character
  12. More Cookie Books
    01:04
    More Cookie Books
  13. Using Scotland as a setting
    01:06
    Using Scotland as a setting
  14. Reading from The Crossing
    04:47
    Reading from The Crossing
  15. Myths and Monsters
    11:48
    Myths and Monsters
  16. The Undefeated
    01:19
    The Undefeated
  17. Re-imagining Scottish folklore
    01:48
    Re-imagining Scottish folklore
  18. The Crackledawn Dragon
    02:10
    The Crackledawn Dragon
  19. Working with an illustrator
    02:38
    Working with an illustrator
  20. Comics
    04:26
    Comics
  21. Storyboard
    03:26
    Storyboard
  22. Writing – when why how?
    09:26
    Writing – when why how?
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