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How to Train Your Dragon reading
Cressida reads an extract from her most famous book
  1. How to Train Your Dragon reading
    04:38
    How to Train Your Dragon reading
  2. The Egyptian Empire
    16:39
    The Egyptian Empire
  3. The British Empire
    04:33
    The British Empire
  4. The World Wars
    07:23
    The World Wars
  5. Weird and Wonderful Inventors
    02:32
    Weird and Wonderful Inventors
  6. Favourite characters and Matthew Henson
    04:28
    Favourite characters and Matthew Henson
  7. How do you come up with names for your characters?
    01:09
    How do you come up with names for your characters?
  8. Enthusiasm for Scots and Gaelic
    02:52
    Enthusiasm for Scots and Gaelic
  9. Reading of The Gecko and the Echo
    05:25
    Reading of The Gecko and the Echo
  10. Keep going!
    01:28
    Keep going!
  11. Questions from schools
    08:14
    Questions from schools
  12. How did you plan the structure of the novel?
    02:38
    How did you plan the structure of the novel?
  13. Sue's early influences
    04:42
    Sue's early influences
  14. The Undefeated
    01:19
    The Undefeated
  15. Final thoughts
    01:33
    Final thoughts
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