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The World of the Crossing
Manjeet explains the origins of her novel in verse, The Crossing.
  1. The World of the Crossing
    08:03
    The World of the Crossing
  2. Introducing Cookie
    04:11
    Introducing Cookie
  3. Konnie Reads From Cookie and the Most Annoying Boy in the World
    05:18
    Konnie Reads From Cookie and the Most Annoying Boy in the World
  4. Cookie’s Brain Busting Quiz
    06:44
    Cookie’s Brain Busting Quiz
  5. Konnie’s Love of Science
    02:32
    Konnie’s Love of Science
  6. Illustrating the Book
    02:15
    Illustrating the Book
  7. Pets
    00:55
    Pets
  8. Inspiration
    02:14
    Inspiration
  9. Hooked on Reading
    03:03
    Hooked on Reading
  10. Becoming an Author
    00:58
    Becoming an Author
  11. Konnie’s Favourite Character
    00:58
    Konnie’s Favourite Character
  12. More Cookie Books
    01:04
    More Cookie Books
  13. A first science fiction novel
    00:44
    A first science fiction novel
  14. Gil's bug hospital
    05:28
    Gil's bug hospital
  15. Questions from schools
    07:16
    Questions from schools
  16. How Catherine works
    00:59
    How Catherine works
  17. Daisy on the Outer Line
    02:34
    Daisy on the Outer Line
  18. Discussing illustration
    03:51
    Discussing illustration
  19. Final thoughts
    01:33
    Final thoughts
  20. Drawing Bugbops
    10:18
    Drawing Bugbops
  21. What's Sputnik up to?
    00:32
    What's Sputnik up to?
  22. The life of Matthew Henson
    08:12
    The life of Matthew Henson
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