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Ideas for Henry's stories
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Francesca tells us more about coming up with ideas for Horrid Henry.
  1. Ideas for Henry's stories
    07:00
    Ideas for Henry's stories
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  2. Horrid Henry's Monster Movie
    01:23
    Horrid Henry's Monster Movie
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  3. A proof reading
    05:09
    A proof reading
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  4. How Henry happened
    05:58
    How Henry happened
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  5. Not a Horrid Henry book
    02:16
    Not a Horrid Henry book
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  6. Tips for budding writers
    03:41
    Tips for budding writers
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  7. Q&A with Francesca Simon
    04:30
    Q&A with Francesca Simon
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  8. More Q&A with Francesca Simon
    04:21
    More Q&A with Francesca Simon
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  9. Tom on his illustrations
    05:00
    Tom on his illustrations
  10. A question from Blake
    01:15
    A question from Blake
  11. Box Yourself
    03:44
    Box Yourself
  12. Introducing Sav Akyuz
    01:45
    Introducing Sav Akyuz
  13. Creating a magical place
    06:49
    Creating a magical place
  14. A question from Twitter
    01:07
    A question from Twitter
  15. Acting and Writing
    05:49
    Acting and Writing
  16. How Does Your Own Personal Experience Shape Your Writing?
    02:32
    How Does Your Own Personal Experience Shape Your Writing?
  17. The Black Flamingo
    05:09
    The Black Flamingo
  18. UK schools vs American schools
    02:13
    UK schools vs American schools
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