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Did anyone encourage Ross MacKenzie to write books?
Ross answers the question from Oliver from Aith Junior High.
  1. Did anyone encourage Ross MacKenzie to write books?
    00:48
    Did anyone encourage Ross MacKenzie to write books?
  2. Horrid Henry's Monster Movie
    01:23
    Horrid Henry's Monster Movie
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  3. A proof reading
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    A proof reading
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  4. How Henry happened
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    How Henry happened
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  5. Ideas for Henry's stories
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    Ideas for Henry's stories
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  6. Not a Horrid Henry book
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    Not a Horrid Henry book
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  7. Tips for budding writers
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    Tips for budding writers
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  8. Q&A with Francesca Simon
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  9. More Q&A with Francesca Simon
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  10. Scrapbooks and plans
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    Scrapbooks and plans
  11. How important is it for young queer people to see themselves in fiction?
    03:12
    How important is it for young queer people to see themselves in fiction?
  12. Keep going!
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    Keep going!
  13. How to draw a cheetah
    07:21
    How to draw a cheetah
  14. Inspired by travelling
    14:41
    Inspired by travelling
  15. Names and Questions
    07:57
    Names and Questions
  16. Reading from 'The Places I've Cried in Public'
    04:53
    Reading from 'The Places I've Cried in Public'
  17. Draw along
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    Draw along
  18. Read a long
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    Read a long
  19. A novel in verse
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    A novel in verse
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