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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. Bendy, bendy toothbrush
    03:49
    Bendy, bendy toothbrush
  3. Book titles
    03:49
    Book titles
  4. Going through the old photos
    06:17
    Going through the old photos
  5. Hand on the bridge
    02:21
    Hand on the bridge
  6. If you weren't writing poetry books for children what would you like to have done instead?
    02:29
    If you weren't writing poetry books for children what would you like to have done instead?
  7. Y is for Young Adult
    03:43
    Y is for Young Adult
  8. Reading from Race to the Frozen North
    02:32
    Reading from Race to the Frozen North
  9. Did anyone encourage Ross MacKenzie to write books?
    00:48
    Did anyone encourage Ross MacKenzie to write books?
  10. Konnie’s Love of Science
    02:32
    Konnie’s Love of Science
  11. Box Yourself
    03:44
    Box Yourself
  12. How to draw emotions
    04:34
    How to draw emotions
  13. The Great Storm Whale reading
    06:27
    The Great Storm Whale reading
  14. About Our Tower
    04:05
    About Our Tower
  15. Nadine Aisha Jassat – poetry reading
    03:11
    Nadine Aisha Jassat – poetry reading
  16. How to draw a cheetah
    07:21
    How to draw a cheetah
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