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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. S is for Scots
    03:30
    S is for Scots
  10. Audience questions
    03:17
    Audience questions
  11. A sudden idea
    01:52
    A sudden idea
  12. Phil’s presentation
    21:56
    Phil’s presentation
  13. Being Children’s Laureate
    05:08
    Being Children’s Laureate
  14. School days
    03:57
    School days
  15. Cookie’s Brain Busting Quiz
    06:44
    Cookie’s Brain Busting Quiz
  16. How did you learn to draw?
    00:36
    How did you learn to draw?
  17. School Questions
    08:45
    School Questions
  18. Questions
    04:03
    Questions
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