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Introducing The Black Flamingo
Dean describes his novel in verse, The Black Flamingo.
  1. Introducing The Black Flamingo
    00:27
    Introducing The Black Flamingo
  2. Move it
    00:51
    Move it
  3. My dad knows everything
    04:26
    My dad knows everything
  4. Return of the bendy, bendy toothbrush
    05:50
    Return of the bendy, bendy toothbrush
  5. The noise!
    03:52
    The noise!
  6. The space
    01:18
    The space
  7. What is your favourite piece of work that you've written? What is your most treasured possession?
    03:19
    What is your favourite piece of work that you've written? What is your most treasured possession?
  8. Where do you get your ideas from? What is a poem?
    04:33
    Where do you get your ideas from? What is a poem?
  9. How did you learn to draw?
    00:36
    How did you learn to draw?
  10. Questions from schools
    07:40
    Questions from schools
  11. Pupils' questions
    07:21
    Pupils' questions
  12. UK schools vs American schools
    02:13
    UK schools vs American schools
  13. Reading from 'Luna Loves Dance'
    04:56
    Reading from 'Luna Loves Dance'
  14. Keep going!
    01:28
    Keep going!
  15. Rachel’s books and inspirations
    06:29
    Rachel’s books and inspirations
  16. Ideas for books
    02:25
    Ideas for books
  17. Walking and talking
    02:23
    Walking and talking
  18. The hero birds
    03:03
    The hero birds
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