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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. A question from Twitter
    01:07
    A question from Twitter
  11. Poetry is everywhere
    14:55
    Poetry is everywhere
  12. One frame
    01:29
    One frame
  13. Reading from The Boxer
    01:42
    Reading from The Boxer
  14. We are all storytellers
    05:27
    We are all storytellers
  15. How Does Your Own Personal Experience Shape Your Writing?
    02:32
    How Does Your Own Personal Experience Shape Your Writing?
  16. Schools questions
    09:55
    Schools questions
  17. Ideas
    03:35
    Ideas
  18. Drawing Fruit and Veg
    04:16
    Drawing Fruit and Veg
  19. Alastair’s influences
    00:28
    Alastair’s influences
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