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Characters and Themes
Nadine discusses her book 'The Stories Grandma Forgot'.
  1. Characters and Themes
    04:51
    Characters and Themes
  2. Introduction
    04:05
    Introduction
  3. Genre
    08:41
    Genre
  4. The World
    05:53
    The World
  5. Drawing out the secret character
    05:00
    Drawing out the secret character
  6. Character and story
    08:16
    Character and story
  7. Stuff
    07:22
    Stuff
  8. Obstacles
    04:05
    Obstacles
  9. Choices
    10:01
    Choices
  10. Summary
    01:58
    Summary
  11. Discovering New Words
    03:16
    Discovering New Words
  12. Introducing Cookie
    04:11
    Introducing Cookie
  13. Creating a magical place
    06:49
    Creating a magical place
  14. Questions from pupils
    02:50
    Questions from pupils
  15. Dragonese
    01:19
    Dragonese
  16. Reading of The River
    04:08
    Reading of The River
  17. Manjeet’s writing process
    07:37
    Manjeet’s writing process
  18. Writing Haikus
    08:00
    Writing Haikus
  19. Final thoughts
    01:33
    Final thoughts
  20. Respecting each other
    01:57
    Respecting each other
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