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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. Introducing James
    01:39
    Introducing James
  3. How James got started
    03:33
    How James got started
  4. A pirate picture story
    10:15
    A pirate picture story
  5. Picturing Nessie
    04:01
    Picturing Nessie
  6. Q&A with James Mayhew
    11:26
    Q&A with James Mayhew
  7. Children’s Laureate
    03:24
    Children’s Laureate
  8. Early drawings
    00:49
    Early drawings
  9. Writing Haikus
    08:00
    Writing Haikus
  10. The Black Flamingo
    05:09
    The Black Flamingo
  11. Read a long
    04:36
    Read a long
  12. Ideas
    03:35
    Ideas
  13. Emily's Books
    02:27
    Emily's Books
  14. Stories are people
    01:59
    Stories are people
  15. Alastair’s influences
    00:28
    Alastair’s influences
  16. Studio questions
    03:22
    Studio questions
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