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How do you come up with names for your characters?
Arlo and Augustus are great names for characters, but how does Catherine dream them up?
  1. How do you come up with names for your characters?
    01:09
    How do you come up with names for your characters?
  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. How did you learn to draw?
    00:36
    How did you learn to draw?
  10. The Great Storm Whale reading
    06:27
    The Great Storm Whale reading
  11. Illustrating the Book
    02:15
    Illustrating the Book
  12. The story rollercoaster
    00:58
    The story rollercoaster
  13. A reading from Elizabeth
    02:18
    A reading from Elizabeth
  14. Reading from 'Daisy on the Outer Line'
    06:17
    Reading from 'Daisy on the Outer Line'
  15. Konnie’s Love of Science
    02:32
    Konnie’s Love of Science
  16. Children’s Laureate
    03:24
    Children’s Laureate
  17. Chae is Dr Who
    05:39
    Chae is Dr Who
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    My Heart
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