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The World of the Crossing
Manjeet explains the origins of her novel in verse, The Crossing.
  1. The World of the Crossing
    08:03
    The World of the Crossing
  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. Drawing Bugbops
    10:18
    Drawing Bugbops
  7. Introducing Wain
    00:21
    Introducing Wain
  8. Our Tower reading
    06:12
    Our Tower reading
  9. Steven Lenton's illustrations
    00:35
    Steven Lenton's illustrations
  10. Sputnik
    00:55
    Sputnik
  11. Questions from schools
    05:22
    Questions from schools
  12. How Catherine works
    00:59
    How Catherine works
  13. Slugs and Brain Pâté
    11:48
    Slugs and Brain Pâté
  14. Introducing The Black Flamingo
    00:27
    Introducing The Black Flamingo
  15. Scrapbooks and plans
    05:43
    Scrapbooks and plans
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