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The Black Flamingo
Dean gives us a flavour of The Black Flamingo with a reading from the opening chapter.
  1. The Black Flamingo
    05:09
    The Black Flamingo
  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 to Draw Granville's Head
    04:23
    How to Draw Granville's Head
  10. Drawing Bugbops
    10:18
    Drawing Bugbops
  11. Questions from the audience
    05:40
    Questions from the audience
  12. How Books Start
    06:40
    How Books Start
  13. Start with a face
    02:25
    Start with a face
  14. What Can Boys Learn From This Novel?
    03:02
    What Can Boys Learn From This Novel?
  15. Developing your voice
    02:24
    Developing your voice
  16. Sputnik
    00:55
    Sputnik
  17. I can do this!
    02:32
    I can do this!
  18. Being Children’s Laureate
    05:08
    Being Children’s Laureate
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