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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. Ghosts of Heaven
    02:56
    Ghosts of Heaven
  3. Spirals and cave art
    02:59
    Spirals and cave art
  4. The beginning of writing
    01:47
    The beginning of writing
  5. The teenage brain
    05:51
    The teenage brain
  6. Writing realistically
    01:59
    Writing realistically
  7. Reading
    03:16
    Reading
  8. Into a dark cave
    01:36
    Into a dark cave
  9. Questions near
    05:54
    Questions near
  10. Questions far
    02:42
    Questions far
  11. Finding the bear
    01:06
    Finding the bear
  12. The life of Matthew Henson
    08:12
    The life of Matthew Henson
  13. Sarah’s route into fiction
    07:16
    Sarah’s route into fiction
  14. Pupils' questions
    07:21
    Pupils' questions
  15. What are you favourite things about books?
    01:20
    What are you favourite things about books?
  16. Three pointers for writers
    01:10
    Three pointers for writers
  17. Relationship Counsellor
    02:45
    Relationship Counsellor
  18. Becoming an Author
    00:58
    Becoming an Author
  19. Reading from Race to the Frozen North
    02:32
    Reading from Race to the Frozen North
  20. Sport brings us together
    02:36
    Sport brings us together
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