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The World of the Crossing
Manjeet explains the origins of her novel in verse, The Crossing.
  1. The World of the Crossing
    08:03
    The World of the Crossing
  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. How did you plan the structure of the novel?
    02:38
    How did you plan the structure of the novel?
  11. Gil's bug hospital
    05:28
    Gil's bug hospital
  12. Ideas and inspirational teachers
    05:32
    Ideas and inspirational teachers
  13. Reading The Undefeated
    03:32
    Reading The Undefeated
  14. Is it easier or harder to write a trilogy?
    01:45
    Is it easier or harder to write a trilogy?
  15. What's Sputnik up to?
    00:32
    What's Sputnik up to?
  16. A sudden idea
    01:52
    A sudden idea
  17. Newton Farm Questions
    05:46
    Newton Farm Questions
  18. The hero birds
    03:03
    The hero birds
  19. Process of illustration and writing
    01:40
    Process of illustration and writing
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