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The real world and the fictional world
How a rain forest in Wales provided inspiration for Kiran’s fictional world.
  1. The real world and the fictional world
    11:22
    The real world and the fictional world
  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. How do you come up with names for your characters?
    01:09
    How do you come up with names for your characters?
  10. Questions from schools
    05:22
    Questions from schools
  11. The Great Storm Whale reading
    06:27
    The Great Storm Whale reading
  12. Down Behind The Dustbin
    02:41
    Down Behind The Dustbin
  13. Questions from schools
    07:40
    Questions from schools
  14. Reading from 'Luna Loves Dance'
    04:56
    Reading from 'Luna Loves Dance'
  15. Reading from The Boxer
    01:42
    Reading from The Boxer
  16. Reading from The Boxer - Part 2
    04:07
    Reading from The Boxer - Part 2
  17. Cat Hepburn – poetry reading
    03:40
    Cat Hepburn – poetry reading
  18. A reading from Elizabeth
    02:18
    A reading from Elizabeth
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