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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. The World of the Crossing
    08:03
    The World of the Crossing
  10. Bear Moves
    02:28
    Bear Moves
  11. More questions
    01:42
    More questions
  12. The main characters
    03:46
    The main characters
  13. It Does Matter
    02:17
    It Does Matter
  14. Writing Haikus
    08:00
    Writing Haikus
  15. Final thoughts
    01:33
    Final thoughts
  16. About Our Tower
    04:05
    About Our Tower
  17. Themes of books
    03:14
    Themes of books
  18. Konnie’s Love of Science
    02:32
    Konnie’s Love of Science
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