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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
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    Discovering New Words
  8. Favourite Scots Words
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    Favourite Scots Words
  9. Inspiration
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    Inspiration
  10. Balloons!
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    Balloons!
  11. Ideas and inspirational teachers
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    Ideas and inspirational teachers
  12. What inspired Ross MacKenzie to continue with his series of books?
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    What inspired Ross MacKenzie to continue with his series of books?
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    Chae is Dr Who
  14. Ideas for books
    02:25
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    Myths and Monsters
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    Reluctant reader to avid writer
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    Creating a Poem
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