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Being Children’s Laureate
Cressida talks about her time as Children’s Laureate
  1. Being Children’s Laureate
    05:08
    Being Children’s Laureate
  2. Introducing James
    01:39
    Introducing James
  3. How James got started
    03:33
    How James got started
  4. A pirate picture story
    10:15
    A pirate picture story
  5. Picturing Nessie
    04:01
    Picturing Nessie
  6. Q&A with James Mayhew
    11:26
    Q&A with James Mayhew
  7. Reading from Grimwood: Attack of the Stink Monster
    06:54
    Reading from Grimwood: Attack of the Stink Monster
  8. Sarah’s route into fiction
    07:16
    Sarah’s route into fiction
  9. Writing – when why how?
    09:26
    Writing – when why how?
  10. Going around gardens!
    03:12
    Going around gardens!
  11. Reading from The Boy Who Made Monsters
    03:08
    Reading from The Boy Who Made Monsters
  12. The importance of libraries
    08:10
    The importance of libraries
  13. The hero birds
    03:03
    The hero birds
  14. Sue's presentation
    11:34
    Sue's presentation
  15. Poetry is everywhere
    14:55
    Poetry is everywhere
  16. How to draw a blobfish
    03:35
    How to draw a blobfish
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