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Why is it important to learn Scots and Gaelic?
Catriona and James explain why language is all about who we are.
  1. Why is it important to learn Scots and Gaelic?
    03:10
    Why is it important to learn Scots and Gaelic?
  2. Move it
    00:51
    Move it
  3. My dad knows everything
    04:26
    My dad knows everything
  4. Return of the bendy, bendy toothbrush
    05:50
    Return of the bendy, bendy toothbrush
  5. The noise!
    03:52
    The noise!
  6. The space
    01:18
    The space
  7. What is your favourite piece of work that you've written? What is your most treasured possession?
    03:19
    What is your favourite piece of work that you've written? What is your most treasured possession?
  8. Where do you get your ideas from? What is a poem?
    04:33
    Where do you get your ideas from? What is a poem?
  9. Authors Live with Holly Bourne
    34:04
    Authors Live with Holly Bourne
  10. Cookie’s Brain Busting Quiz
    06:44
    Cookie’s Brain Busting Quiz
  11. Lauren reads
    04:58
    Lauren reads
  12. The real world and the fictional world
    11:22
    The real world and the fictional world
  13. Introducing The Black Flamingo
    00:27
    Introducing The Black Flamingo
  14. The life of Matthew Henson
    08:12
    The life of Matthew Henson
  15. Kiran’s writing process
    05:08
    Kiran’s writing process
  16. Wordplay
    14:05
    Wordplay
  17. The Great Storm Whale reading
    06:27
    The Great Storm Whale reading
  18. Orion Lost reading
    02:48
    Orion Lost reading
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