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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. 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. Reading from The Crossing
    04:47
    Reading from The Crossing
  10. McLean Primary eco projects
    02:44
    McLean Primary eco projects
  11. Stories are people
    01:59
    Stories are people
  12. Using Scotland as a setting
    01:06
    Using Scotland as a setting
  13. Wordplay
    14:05
    Wordplay
  14. How to Draw Eric Dynamite
    08:33
    How to Draw Eric Dynamite
  15. Box Yourself
    03:44
    Box Yourself
  16. Reading from The Crossover
    04:17
    Reading from The Crossover
  17. UK schools vs American schools
    02:13
    UK schools vs American schools
  18. Mental Health
    02:25
    Mental Health
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