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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. The Egyptian Empire
    16:39
    The Egyptian Empire
  3. The British Empire
    04:33
    The British Empire
  4. The World Wars
    07:23
    The World Wars
  5. Weird and Wonderful Inventors
    02:32
    Weird and Wonderful Inventors
  6. Questions from Linlithgow Academy
    05:02
    Questions from Linlithgow Academy
  7. The right words in the right order
    02:38
    The right words in the right order
  8. Translating into Gaelic
    00:53
    Translating into Gaelic
  9. He Had a Little Sticker
    01:25
    He Had a Little Sticker
  10. Reading from 'Daisy on the Outer Line'
    06:17
    Reading from 'Daisy on the Outer Line'
  11. Working with an illustrator
    02:38
    Working with an illustrator
  12. Draw Along
    10:16
    Draw Along
  13. Questions from schools
    05:40
    Questions from schools
  14. A question from Twitter
    01:07
    A question from Twitter
  15. Question time
    04:36
    Question time
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