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Characters
Both authors agree that characters in their books can take on a life of their own
  1. Characters
    01:58
    Characters
  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 do you come up with names for your characters?
    01:09
    How do you come up with names for your characters?
  11. Favourite Scots Words
    04:20
    Favourite Scots Words
  12. Draw Goldy the Gecko
    04:43
    Draw Goldy the Gecko
  13. Questions from the audience
    09:53
    Questions from the audience
  14. No Breathing in Class
    04:08
    No Breathing in Class
  15. Social media and influencers
    03:10
    Social media and influencers
  16. Chocolate Cake
    07:56
    Chocolate Cake
  17. Question time
    04:36
    Question time
  18. Meeting the Wolf Queen
    02:20
    Meeting the Wolf Queen
  19. Phil’s characters
    05:36
    Phil’s characters
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