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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. Horrid Henry's Monster Movie
    01:23
    Horrid Henry's Monster Movie
  3. A proof reading
    05:09
    A proof reading
  4. How Henry happened
    05:58
    How Henry happened
  5. Ideas for Henry's stories
    07:00
    Ideas for Henry's stories
  6. Not a Horrid Henry book
    02:16
    Not a Horrid Henry book
  7. Tips for budding writers
    03:41
    Tips for budding writers
  8. Q&A with Francesca Simon
    04:30
    Q&A with Francesca Simon
  9. More Q&A with Francesca Simon
    04:21
    More Q&A with Francesca Simon
  10. Writing – when why how?
    09:26
    Writing – when why how?
  11. Wizards of Once reading
    04:24
    Wizards of Once reading
  12. Did anyone encourage Ross MacKenzie to write books?
    00:48
    Did anyone encourage Ross MacKenzie to write books?
  13. Authors Live with Ross Sayers
    31:15
    Authors Live with Ross Sayers
  14. Writing Tips with... Catherine Rayner
    08:13
    Writing Tips with... Catherine Rayner
  15. Reading The Gruffalo in Scots
    06:54
    Reading The Gruffalo in Scots
  16. Diving Poem
    02:24
    Diving Poem
  17. Keeping Up With Michael
    01:39
    Keeping Up With Michael
  18. Emily's Books
    02:27
    Emily's Books
  19. Ideas for books
    02:25
    Ideas for books
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