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Enthusiasm for Scots and Gaelic
James tells us why he thinks there’s such enthusiasm for Scots and Gaelic in schools.
  1. Enthusiasm for Scots and Gaelic
    02:52
    Enthusiasm for Scots and Gaelic
  2. Introducing Cookie
    04:11
    Introducing Cookie
  3. Konnie Reads From Cookie and the Most Annoying Boy in the World
    05:18
    Konnie Reads From Cookie and the Most Annoying Boy in the World
  4. Cookie’s Brain Busting Quiz
    06:44
    Cookie’s Brain Busting Quiz
  5. Konnie’s Love of Science
    02:32
    Konnie’s Love of Science
  6. Illustrating the Book
    02:15
    Illustrating the Book
  7. Pets
    00:55
    Pets
  8. Inspiration
    02:14
    Inspiration
  9. Hooked on Reading
    03:03
    Hooked on Reading
  10. Becoming an Author
    00:58
    Becoming an Author
  11. Konnie’s Favourite Character
    00:58
    Konnie’s Favourite Character
  12. More Cookie Books
    01:04
    More Cookie Books
  13. Alastair’s influences
    00:28
    Alastair’s influences
  14. Phil’s characters
    05:36
    Phil’s characters
  15. How to draw a blobfish
    03:35
    How to draw a blobfish
  16. Questions from schools
    05:22
    Questions from schools
  17. Reading of The Gecko and the Echo
    05:25
    Reading of The Gecko and the Echo
  18. Writing Fiction
    01:29
    Writing Fiction
  19. Forrester High's 2048 Predictions
    02:35
    Forrester High's 2048 Predictions
  20. Dragonese
    01:19
    Dragonese
  21. Using Scotland as a setting
    01:06
    Using Scotland as a setting
  22. 100 Words on Friendship
    01:14
    100 Words on Friendship
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