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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. Horrid Henry's Monster Movie
    01:23
    Horrid Henry's Monster Movie
  3. A proof reading
    05:09
    A proof reading
  4. How Henry happened
    05:58
    How Henry happened
  5. Ideas for Henry's stories
    07:00
    Ideas for Henry's stories
  6. Not a Horrid Henry book
    02:16
    Not a Horrid Henry book
  7. Tips for budding writers
    03:41
    Tips for budding writers
  8. Q&A with Francesca Simon
    04:30
    Q&A with Francesca Simon
  9. More Q&A with Francesca Simon
    04:21
    More Q&A with Francesca Simon
  10. The Undefeated
    01:19
    The Undefeated
  11. A novel in verse
    01:02
    A novel in verse
  12. Book Introduction
    01:20
    Book Introduction
  13. Bear Moves
    02:28
    Bear Moves
  14. Steven Lenton's illustrations
    00:35
    Steven Lenton's illustrations
  15. A first science fiction novel
    00:44
    A first science fiction novel
  16. Phil’s presentation
    21:56
    Phil’s presentation
  17. Have a go!
    01:10
    Have a go!
  18. Children’s Laureate
    03:24
    Children’s Laureate
  19. The importance of libraries
    08:10
    The importance of libraries
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