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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 Liz Pichon
    02:09
    Introducing Liz Pichon
  3. Tom Gates and his mates
    04:05
    Tom Gates and his mates
  4. Meet the Gates
    02:18
    Meet the Gates
  5. Through the keyhole
    01:18
    Through the keyhole
  6. Monster draw
    05:42
    Monster draw
  7. Reading
    03:48
    Reading
  8. Doodle with Liz
    09:19
    Doodle with Liz
  9. Questions
    06:13
    Questions
  10. Introducing Sav Akyuz
    01:45
    Introducing Sav Akyuz
  11. School days
    03:57
    School days
  12. Draw the Light Ship
    05:16
    Draw the Light Ship
  13. Sue's presentation
    11:34
    Sue's presentation
  14. The importance of libraries
    08:10
    The importance of libraries
  15. The Great Storm Whale reading
    06:27
    The Great Storm Whale reading
  16. Studio questions
    02:06
    Studio questions
  17. How Catherine works
    00:59
    How Catherine works
  18. Scottish words and questions from schools
    08:09
    Scottish words and questions from schools
  19. Writing – when why how?
    09:26
    Writing – when why how?
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