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The story rollercoaster
Why is a good story like a rollercoaster?
  1. The story rollercoaster
    00:58
    The story rollercoaster
  2. Move it
    00:51
    Move it
  3. My dad knows everything
    04:26
    My dad knows everything
  4. Return of the bendy, bendy toothbrush
    05:50
    Return of the bendy, bendy toothbrush
  5. The noise!
    03:52
    The noise!
  6. The space
    01:18
    The space
  7. What is your favourite piece of work that you've written? What is your most treasured possession?
    03:19
    What is your favourite piece of work that you've written? What is your most treasured possession?
  8. Where do you get your ideas from? What is a poem?
    04:33
    Where do you get your ideas from? What is a poem?
  9. Chocolate Cake
    07:56
    Chocolate Cake
  10. What Can Boys Learn From This Novel?
    03:02
    What Can Boys Learn From This Novel?
  11. Questions from schools
    05:40
    Questions from schools
  12. Reluctant reader to avid writer
    08:03
    Reluctant reader to avid writer
  13. Draw Noi and his dad
    10:03
    Draw Noi and his dad
  14. More questions
    01:42
    More questions
  15. Reading The Gruffalo in Scots
    06:54
    Reading The Gruffalo in Scots
  16. Finding the bear
    01:06
    Finding the bear
  17. Reading of The Gecko and the Echo
    05:25
    Reading of The Gecko and the Echo
  18. A first science fiction novel
    00:44
    A first science fiction novel
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