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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. Move it
    00:51
    Move it
  3. My dad knows everything
    04:26
    My dad knows everything
  4. Return of the bendy, bendy toothbrush
    05:50
    Return of the bendy, bendy toothbrush
  5. The noise!
    03:52
    The noise!
  6. The space
    01:18
    The space
  7. What is your favourite piece of work that you've written? What is your most treasured possession?
    03:19
    What is your favourite piece of work that you've written? What is your most treasured possession?
  8. Where do you get your ideas from? What is a poem?
    04:33
    Where do you get your ideas from? What is a poem?
  9. Desert island books
    02:27
    Desert island books
  10. Writing Tips with... Catherine Rayner
    08:13
    Writing Tips with... Catherine Rayner
  11. Favourite characters and Matthew Henson
    04:28
    Favourite characters and Matthew Henson
  12. Schools questions
    09:55
    Schools questions
  13. Questions from schools
    06:15
    Questions from schools
  14. Gil's bug hospital
    05:28
    Gil's bug hospital
  15. Questions from schools
    07:37
    Questions from schools
  16. Box Yourself
    03:44
    Box Yourself
  17. Being Children’s Laureate
    05:08
    Being Children’s Laureate
  18. What inspired Ross MacKenzie to continue with his series of books?
    01:13
    What inspired Ross MacKenzie to continue with his series of books?
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