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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. Move it
    00:51
    Move it
  3. My dad knows everything
    04:26
    My dad knows everything
  4. Return of the bendy, bendy toothbrush
    05:50
    Return of the bendy, bendy toothbrush
  5. The noise!
    03:52
    The noise!
  6. The space
    01:18
    The space
  7. What is your favourite piece of work that you've written? What is your most treasured possession?
    03:19
    What is your favourite piece of work that you've written? What is your most treasured possession?
  8. Where do you get your ideas from? What is a poem?
    04:33
    Where do you get your ideas from? What is a poem?
  9. Crackledawn
    02:08
    Crackledawn
  10. The Otherwhere Emporium reading
    04:21
    The Otherwhere Emporium reading
  11. Walking and talking
    02:23
    Walking and talking
  12. Reading from 'Daisy on the Outer Line'
    06:17
    Reading from 'Daisy on the Outer Line'
  13. Book Introduction
    01:20
    Book Introduction
  14. Where monsters come from
    03:38
    Where monsters come from
  15. Stories and puzzles
    01:34
    Stories and puzzles
  16. Drawing Fruit and Veg
    04:16
    Drawing Fruit and Veg
  17. Reading from Grimwood: Attack of the Stink Monster
    06:54
    Reading from Grimwood: Attack of the Stink Monster
  18. Kiran’s writing process
    05:08
    Kiran’s writing process
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