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Being Children’s Laureate
Cressida talks about her time as Children’s Laureate
  1. Being Children’s Laureate
    05:08
    Being Children’s Laureate
  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. Chae is Dr Who
    05:39
    Chae is Dr Who
  10. Questions from schools
    06:40
    Questions from schools
  11. Diving Poem
    02:24
    Diving Poem
  12. Is it easier or harder to write a trilogy?
    01:45
    Is it easier or harder to write a trilogy?
  13. Discussing illustration
    03:51
    Discussing illustration
  14. The life of Matthew Henson
    08:12
    The life of Matthew Henson
  15. Becoming an Author
    00:58
    Becoming an Author
  16. Favourite characters and Matthew Henson
    04:28
    Favourite characters and Matthew Henson
  17. Writing in Scots
    02:48
    Writing in Scots
  18. Pets
    00:55
    Pets
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