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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. Writing in Scots
    02:48
    Writing in Scots
  10. The Great Storm Whale reading
    06:27
    The Great Storm Whale reading
  11. Book Introduction
    01:20
    Book Introduction
  12. Gill reads from Willow Wildthing and the Dragon's Egg
    05:44
    Gill reads from Willow Wildthing and the Dragon's Egg
  13. Questions from schools
    05:40
    Questions from schools
  14. Names and Questions
    07:57
    Names and Questions
  15. Sarah’s route into fiction
    07:16
    Sarah’s route into fiction
  16. Reading of The River
    04:08
    Reading of The River
  17. Nadine Aisha Jassat – poetry reading
    03:11
    Nadine Aisha Jassat – poetry reading
  18. The Black Flamingo
    05:09
    The Black Flamingo
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