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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. Relationship Counsellor
    02:45
    Relationship Counsellor
  10. How to draw a blobfish
    03:35
    How to draw a blobfish
  11. Whuppity Stoorie by Lari Don
    16:05
    Whuppity Stoorie by Lari Don
  12. How Books Start
    06:40
    How Books Start
  13. More Cookie Books
    01:04
    More Cookie Books
  14. What motivates writing and how do you develop ideas?
    04:19
    What motivates writing and how do you develop ideas?
  15. Cracking questions
    02:08
    Cracking questions
  16. What is the Nowhere Emporium?
    00:45
    What is the Nowhere Emporium?
  17. Introducing Sav Akyuz
    01:45
    Introducing Sav Akyuz
  18. Reading from The Boxer - Part 2
    04:07
    Reading from The Boxer - Part 2
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