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The real world and the fictional world
How a rain forest in Wales provided inspiration for Kiran’s fictional world.
  1. The real world and the fictional world
    11:22
    The real world and the fictional world
  2. Scots
    01:14
    Scots
  3. Writing in Scots
    01:54
    Writing in Scots
  4. Minging!
    00:42
    Minging!
  5. Taking on Roald Dahl
    02:40
    Taking on Roald Dahl
  6. The right words
    02:22
    The right words
  7. Quentin Blake
    00:42
    Quentin Blake
  8. A reading in Scots
    02:35
    A reading in Scots
  9. Questions
    01:21
    Questions
  10. More questions
    03:14
    More questions
  11. Even more questions
    03:39
    Even more questions
  12. A first science fiction novel
    00:44
    A first science fiction novel
  13. Cardboard Cowboys reading
    05:01
    Cardboard Cowboys reading
  14. Questions from schools
    05:58
    Questions from schools
  15. How Books Start
    06:40
    How Books Start
  16. Reading The Gruffalo in Scots
    06:54
    Reading The Gruffalo in Scots
  17. Book Introduction
    01:20
    Book Introduction
  18. Reading from 'Luna Loves Art'
    05:38
    Reading from 'Luna Loves Art'
  19. Health and Medicine
    04:36
    Health and Medicine
  20. Questions from West Calder High School
    05:42
    Questions from West Calder High School
  21. What Can Boys Learn From This Novel?
    03:02
    What Can Boys Learn From This Novel?
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