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Alastair’s influences
Alastair discusses the books and authors that inspired him
  1. Alastair’s influences
    00:28
    Alastair’s influences
  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. Slugs and Brain Pâté
    11:48
    Slugs and Brain Pâté
  10. Questions from pupils
    02:50
    Questions from pupils
  11. Reluctant reader to avid writer
    08:03
    Reluctant reader to avid writer
  12. Being Children’s Laureate
    05:08
    Being Children’s Laureate
  13. Down Behind The Dustbin
    02:41
    Down Behind The Dustbin
  14. The Great Storm Whale reading
    06:27
    The Great Storm Whale reading
  15. Creating a Poem
    08:58
    Creating a Poem
  16. Tom on his illustrations
    05:00
    Tom on his illustrations
  17. Storyboard
    03:26
    Storyboard
  18. What motivates writing and how do you develop ideas?
    04:19
    What motivates writing and how do you develop ideas?
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