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Being Children’s Laureate
Cressida talks about her time as Children’s Laureate
  1. Being Children’s Laureate
    05:08
    Being Children’s Laureate
  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. The World of the Crossing
    08:03
    The World of the Crossing
  12. School Questions
    08:45
    School Questions
  13. Balloons!
    02:59
    Balloons!
  14. Using Scotland as a setting
    01:06
    Using Scotland as a setting
  15. Start with a face
    02:25
    Start with a face
  16. Reluctant reader to avid writer
    08:03
    Reluctant reader to avid writer
  17. Phil’s presentation
    21:56
    Phil’s presentation
  18. Dealing with Racists
    01:11
    Dealing with Racists
  19. Inspirations and Escaped Terrapin
    08:22
    Inspirations and Escaped Terrapin
  20. Working with young writers
    01:12
    Working with young writers
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