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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. Balloons!
    02:59
    Balloons!
  10. Respecting each other
    01:57
    Respecting each other
  11. Reading from Race to the Frozen North
    02:32
    Reading from Race to the Frozen North
  12. Studio questions
    03:22
    Studio questions
  13. Konnie Reads From Cookie and the Most Annoying Boy in the World
    05:18
    Konnie Reads From Cookie and the Most Annoying Boy in the World
  14. Sue's presentation
    11:34
    Sue's presentation
  15. Reading of The River
    04:08
    Reading of The River
  16. A question from Blake
    01:15
    A question from Blake
  17. Keeping Up With Michael
    01:39
    Keeping Up With Michael
  18. Manjeet’s writing process
    07:37
    Manjeet’s writing process
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