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Stories and puzzles
Alastair talks about how he first got into writing books
  1. Stories and puzzles
    01:34
    Stories and puzzles
  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. Stories are people
    01:59
    Stories are people
  10. Who is Josh Bell?
    01:03
    Who is Josh Bell?
  11. Storyboard
    03:26
    Storyboard
  12. School Questions
    08:45
    School Questions
  13. How Books Start
    06:40
    How Books Start
  14. Children’s Laureate
    03:24
    Children’s Laureate
  15. Question and Answer - Part 2
    04:39
    Question and Answer - Part 2
  16. Gil's bug hospital
    05:28
    Gil's bug hospital
  17. Sue's early influences
    04:42
    Sue's early influences
  18. Myths and Monsters
    11:48
    Myths and Monsters
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