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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. Phil’s characters
    05:36
    Phil’s characters
  12. Dogs in space
    01:29
    Dogs in space
  13. Creating a magical place
    06:49
    Creating a magical place
  14. Comics
    04:26
    Comics
  15. How to draw a cheetah
    07:21
    How to draw a cheetah
  16. Reading of The Squirrels Who Squabbled
    03:47
    Reading of The Squirrels Who Squabbled
  17. Pupils' questions
    07:21
    Pupils' questions
  18. Early drawings
    00:49
    Early drawings
  19. Scottish words and questions from schools
    08:09
    Scottish words and questions from schools
  20. The hero birds
    03:03
    The hero birds
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