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Favourite characters and Matthew Henson
Catherine talks about the characters in her books and the real people who inspired them.
  1. Favourite characters and Matthew Henson
    04:28
    Favourite characters and Matthew Henson
  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. Reading from The Crossing
    04:47
    Reading from The Crossing
  11. Questions from schools
    08:43
    Questions from schools
  12. Writing Fiction
    01:29
    Writing Fiction
  13. The Great Storm Whale reading
    06:27
    The Great Storm Whale reading
  14. Persistence
    01:24
    Persistence
  15. Gill reads from Willow Wildthing and the Dragon's Egg
    05:44
    Gill reads from Willow Wildthing and the Dragon's Egg
  16. Three pointers for writers
    01:10
    Three pointers for writers
  17. The right words in the right order
    02:38
    The right words in the right order
  18. Would any of your characters make a good therapet?
    01:05
    Would any of your characters make a good therapet?
  19. How Books Start
    06:40
    How Books Start
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