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Favourite characters and Matthew Henson
Catherine talks about the characters in her books and the real people who inspired them.
  1. Favourite characters and Matthew Henson
    04:28
    Favourite characters and Matthew Henson
  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. Translating into Gaelic
    00:53
    Translating into Gaelic
  11. Using Scotland as a setting
    01:06
    Using Scotland as a setting
  12. A sudden idea
    01:52
    A sudden idea
  13. It Does Matter
    02:17
    It Does Matter
  14. Draw Goldy the Gecko
    04:43
    Draw Goldy the Gecko
  15. Working in Comics
    01:09
    Working in Comics
  16. Reading from The Crossing
    04:47
    Reading from The Crossing
  17. How to draw a blobfish
    03:35
    How to draw a blobfish
  18. Questions and Answers
    06:15
    Questions and Answers
  19. Inspiration
    02:14
    Inspiration
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