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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. Cookie’s Brain Busting Quiz
    06:44
    Cookie’s Brain Busting Quiz
  10. Dealing with Racists
    01:11
    Dealing with Racists
  11. Reading from Race to the Frozen North
    02:32
    Reading from Race to the Frozen North
  12. We are all storytellers
    05:27
    We are all storytellers
  13. Questions from schools
    07:40
    Questions from schools
  14. Stories and puzzles
    01:34
    Stories and puzzles
  15. Writing historical fiction
    03:58
    Writing historical fiction
  16. Box Yourself
    03:44
    Box Yourself
  17. Fan fiction of your life!
    01:05
    Fan fiction of your life!
  18. Reading from The Crossover
    04:17
    Reading from The Crossover
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