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Favourite characters and Matthew Henson
Catherine talks about the characters in her books and the real people who inspired them.
  1. Favourite characters and Matthew Henson
    04:28
    Favourite characters and Matthew Henson
  2. Horrid Henry's Monster Movie
    01:23
    Horrid Henry's Monster Movie
  3. A proof reading
    05:09
    A proof reading
  4. How Henry happened
    05:58
    How Henry happened
  5. Ideas for Henry's stories
    07:00
    Ideas for Henry's stories
  6. Not a Horrid Henry book
    02:16
    Not a Horrid Henry book
  7. Tips for budding writers
    03:41
    Tips for budding writers
  8. Q&A with Francesca Simon
    04:30
    Q&A with Francesca Simon
  9. More Q&A with Francesca Simon
    04:21
    More Q&A with Francesca Simon
  10. More Cookie Books
    01:04
    More Cookie Books
  11. How Does Your Own Personal Experience Shape Your Writing?
    02:32
    How Does Your Own Personal Experience Shape Your Writing?
  12. Keep going!
    01:28
    Keep going!
  13. Reading The Gruffalo in Scots
    06:54
    Reading The Gruffalo in Scots
  14. The Black Flamingo
    05:09
    The Black Flamingo
  15. Sport brings us together
    02:36
    Sport brings us together
  16. Mental Health
    02:25
    Mental Health
  17. Reluctant reader to avid writer
    08:03
    Reluctant reader to avid writer
  18. How do you come up with names for your characters?
    01:09
    How do you come up with names for your characters?
  19. Newton Farm Questions
    05:46
    Newton Farm Questions
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