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Using Scotland as a setting
Ross talks about the beauty of using Scotland as a setting for his books.
  1. Using Scotland as a setting
    01:06
    Using Scotland as a setting
  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. Discussing illustration
    03:51
    Discussing illustration
  10. Illustrating the Book
    02:15
    Illustrating the Book
  11. A novel in verse
    01:02
    A novel in verse
  12. The power of fantasy fiction
    04:28
    The power of fantasy fiction
  13. Brian’s writing and favourite books
    04:33
    Brian’s writing and favourite books
  14. Drawing Bugbops
    10:18
    Drawing Bugbops
  15. Writing Haikus
    08:00
    Writing Haikus
  16. Introducing Sav Akyuz
    01:45
    Introducing Sav Akyuz
  17. How to Draw Eric Dynamite
    08:33
    How to Draw Eric Dynamite
  18. Ideas for books
    02:25
    Ideas for books
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