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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. What Can Boys Learn From This Novel?
    03:02
    What Can Boys Learn From This Novel?
  11. Meeting the Wolf Queen
    02:20
    Meeting the Wolf Queen
  12. Alastair’s influences
    00:28
    Alastair’s influences
  13. Illustrating the Book
    02:15
    Illustrating the Book
  14. UK schools vs American schools
    02:13
    UK schools vs American schools
  15. Read a long
    04:36
    Read a long
  16. Introducing The Black Flamingo
    00:27
    Introducing The Black Flamingo
  17. Where The Heart Should Be
    06:14
    Where The Heart Should Be
  18. Questions from schools
    08:14
    Questions from schools
  19. Going around gardens!
    03:12
    Going around gardens!
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