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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. Enthusiasm for Scots and Gaelic
    02:52
    Enthusiasm for Scots and Gaelic
  3. Why is it important to learn Scots and Gaelic?
    03:10
    Why is it important to learn Scots and Gaelic?
  4. Reading The Gruffalo in Scots
    06:54
    Reading The Gruffalo in Scots
  5. Reading The Gruffalo in Gaelic
    07:30
    Reading The Gruffalo in Gaelic
  6. Translating into Gaelic
    00:53
    Translating into Gaelic
  7. Discovering New Words
    03:16
    Discovering New Words
  8. Favourite Scots Words
    04:20
    Favourite Scots Words
  9. Inspiration
    02:14
    Inspiration
  10. Reading The Undefeated
    03:32
    Reading The Undefeated
  11. Reading from 'The Places I've Cried in Public'
    04:53
    Reading from 'The Places I've Cried in Public'
  12. Drawing Bugbops
    10:18
    Drawing Bugbops
  13. Questions from schools
    06:40
    Questions from schools
  14. Orion Lost reading
    02:48
    Orion Lost reading
  15. No Breathing in Class
    04:08
    No Breathing in Class
  16. Taking Up Boxing
    03:04
    Taking Up Boxing
  17. A reading from Elizabeth
    02:18
    A reading from Elizabeth
  18. Cuiken Primary film
    03:02
    Cuiken Primary film
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