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Reading from 'The Places I've Cried in Public'
Holly reads from her book 'The Places I've Cried in Public'.
  1. Reading from 'The Places I've Cried in Public'
    04:53
    Reading from 'The Places I've Cried in Public'
  2. Horrid Henry's Monster Movie
    01:23
    Horrid Henry's Monster Movie
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  3. A proof reading
    05:09
    A proof reading
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  4. How Henry happened
    05:58
    How Henry happened
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  5. Ideas for Henry's stories
    07:00
    Ideas for Henry's stories
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  6. Not a Horrid Henry book
    02:16
    Not a Horrid Henry book
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  7. Tips for budding writers
    03:41
    Tips for budding writers
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  8. Q&A with Francesca Simon
    04:30
    Q&A with Francesca Simon
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  9. More Q&A with Francesca Simon
    04:21
    More Q&A with Francesca Simon
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  10. Truth and Lies
    13:33
    Truth and Lies
  11. Daisy on the Outer Line
    02:34
    Daisy on the Outer Line
  12. Room on the Broom in Scots
    08:13
    Room on the Broom in Scots
  13. What is the Nowhere Emporium?
    00:45
    What is the Nowhere Emporium?
  14. Poet recommendations
    02:45
    Poet recommendations
  15. The power of fantasy fiction
    04:28
    The power of fantasy fiction
  16. Gill reads from Willow Wildthing and the Dragon's Egg
    05:44
    Gill reads from Willow Wildthing and the Dragon's Egg
  17. UK schools vs American schools
    02:13
    UK schools vs American schools
  18. A question from Twitter
    01:07
    A question from Twitter
  19. Gil's bug hospital
    05:28
    Gil's bug hospital
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