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Stories and puzzles
Alastair talks about how he first got into writing books
  1. Stories and puzzles
    01:34
    Stories and puzzles
  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. Lauren reads
    04:58
    Lauren reads
  10. Respecting each other
    01:57
    Respecting each other
  11. Using Scotland as a setting
    01:06
    Using Scotland as a setting
  12. Studio questions
    02:06
    Studio questions
  13. Becoming an Author
    00:58
    Becoming an Author
  14. Noi and his family
    03:19
    Noi and his family
  15. How to Train Your Dragon reading
    04:38
    How to Train Your Dragon reading
  16. Self-Defence
    02:59
    Self-Defence
  17. Characters and Themes
    04:51
    Characters and Themes
  18. Hand on the Bridge
    02:28
    Hand on the Bridge
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