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Where monsters come from
How did the idea for a monster-themed book come about?
  1. Where monsters come from
    03:38
    Where monsters come from
  2. Scots
    01:14
    Scots
  3. Writing in Scots
    01:54
    Writing in Scots
  4. Minging!
    00:42
    Minging!
  5. Taking on Roald Dahl
    02:40
    Taking on Roald Dahl
  6. The right words
    02:22
    The right words
  7. Quentin Blake
    00:42
    Quentin Blake
  8. A reading in Scots
    02:35
    A reading in Scots
  9. Questions
    01:21
    Questions
  10. More questions
    03:14
    More questions
  11. Even more questions
    03:39
    Even more questions
  12. Questions from schools
    08:14
    Questions from schools
  13. Taking Up Boxing
    03:04
    Taking Up Boxing
  14. Discovering New Words
    03:16
    Discovering New Words
  15. Diving Poem
    02:24
    Diving Poem
  16. The Crackledawn Dragon
    02:10
    The Crackledawn Dragon
  17. Illustrating the Book
    02:15
    Illustrating the Book
  18. Who is Josh Bell?
    01:03
    Who is Josh Bell?
  19. Reading of The Gecko and the Echo
    05:25
    Reading of The Gecko and the Echo
  20. The hero birds
    03:03
    The hero birds
  21. Phil’s characters
    05:36
    Phil’s characters
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