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Room on the Broom in Scots
James Robertson reads his version of the Julia Donaldson classic in Scots.
  1. Room on the Broom in Scots
    08:13
    Room on the Broom in Scots
  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. Dogs in space
    01:29
    Dogs in space
  10. Persistence
    01:24
    Persistence
  11. How does Ross feel about writing and completing books?
    07:11
    How does Ross feel about writing and completing books?
  12. The real world and the fictional world
    11:22
    The real world and the fictional world
  13. It Does Matter
    02:17
    It Does Matter
  14. Questions from schools
    07:16
    Questions from schools
  15. There’s Nothing Cuter Than A Puppy
    06:17
    There’s Nothing Cuter Than A Puppy
  16. The Crackledawn Dragon
    02:10
    The Crackledawn Dragon
  17. Alastair’s influences
    00:28
    Alastair’s influences
  18. Reading from The Boy Who Made Monsters
    03:08
    Reading from The Boy Who Made Monsters
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