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The Black Flamingo
Dean gives us a flavour of The Black Flamingo with a reading from the opening chapter.
  1. The Black Flamingo
    05:09
    The Black Flamingo
  2. Ghosts of Heaven
    02:56
    Ghosts of Heaven
  3. Spirals and cave art
    02:59
    Spirals and cave art
  4. The beginning of writing
    01:47
    The beginning of writing
  5. The teenage brain
    05:51
    The teenage brain
  6. Writing realistically
    01:59
    Writing realistically
  7. Reading
    03:16
    Reading
  8. Into a dark cave
    01:36
    Into a dark cave
  9. Questions near
    05:54
    Questions near
  10. Questions far
    02:42
    Questions far
  11. Balloons!
    02:59
    Balloons!
  12. Desert island books
    02:27
    Desert island books
  13. Tom on his illustrations
    05:00
    Tom on his illustrations
  14. Pets
    00:55
    Pets
  15. Comics
    04:26
    Comics
  16. Early drawings
    00:49
    Early drawings
  17. Cardboard Cowboys reading
    05:01
    Cardboard Cowboys reading
  18. Discussing illustration
    03:51
    Discussing illustration
  19. The World of the Crossing
    08:03
    The World of the Crossing
  20. Questions from schools
    05:40
    Questions from schools
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