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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. Authors Live - Julia Donaldson - Reading
    06:58
    Authors Live - Julia Donaldson - Reading
  3. Authors Live - Julia Donaldson - The Gruffalo
    07:01
    Authors Live - Julia Donaldson - The Gruffalo
  4. He's a Grrrrrrrruffalo!
    04:21
    He's a Grrrrrrrruffalo!
  5. Q&A with Julia Donaldson
    03:29
    Q&A with Julia Donaldson
  6. More Q&A with Julia Donaldson
    04:27
    More Q&A with Julia Donaldson
  7. More Q&A with Julia Donaldson
    02:45
    More Q&A with Julia Donaldson
  8. How to Train Your Dragon reading
    04:38
    How to Train Your Dragon reading
  9. Myths and Monsters
    11:48
    Myths and Monsters
  10. Room on the Broom in Scots
    08:13
    Room on the Broom in Scots
  11. Noi and his family
    03:19
    Noi and his family
  12. Final thoughts
    01:33
    Final thoughts
  13. Kiran’s writing process
    05:08
    Kiran’s writing process
  14. Questions from schools
    06:06
    Questions from schools
  15. Reluctant reader to avid writer
    08:03
    Reluctant reader to avid writer
  16. What is the Nowhere Emporium?
    00:45
    What is the Nowhere Emporium?
  17. A question from Freya.
    01:00
    A question from Freya.
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