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Did anyone encourage Ross MacKenzie to write books?
Ross answers the question from Oliver from Aith Junior High.
  1. Did anyone encourage Ross MacKenzie to write books?
    00:48
    Did anyone encourage Ross MacKenzie to write books?
  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 real world and the fictional world
    11:22
    The real world and the fictional world
  10. How Books Start
    06:40
    How Books Start
  11. The hero birds
    03:03
    The hero birds
  12. Introducing Cookie
    04:11
    Introducing Cookie
  13. Books and confidence
    01:08
    Books and confidence
  14. Gill reads from Willow Wildthing and the Dragon's Egg
    05:44
    Gill reads from Willow Wildthing and the Dragon's Egg
  15. Questions from pupils
    02:50
    Questions from pupils
  16. Creating a magical place
    06:49
    Creating a magical place
  17. A question from Blake
    01:15
    A question from Blake
  18. Have a go!
    01:10
    Have a go!
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