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Reading from The Crossover
Author Kwame Alexander reads from his latest book, The Crossover.
  1. Reading from The Crossover
    04:17
    Reading from The Crossover
  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. Where The Heart Should Be
    06:14
    Where The Heart Should Be
  10. Question and Answer - Part 1
    05:57
    Question and Answer - Part 1
  11. Working with young writers
    01:12
    Working with young writers
  12. Book Introduction
    01:20
    Book Introduction
  13. How to draw a cheetah
    07:21
    How to draw a cheetah
  14. Kiran’s writing process
    05:08
    Kiran’s writing process
  15. Lauren reads
    04:58
    Lauren reads
  16. Where monsters come from
    03:38
    Where monsters come from
  17. Final thoughts
    01:33
    Final thoughts
  18. Konnie’s Love of Science
    02:32
    Konnie’s Love of Science
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