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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. Balloons!
    02:59
    Balloons!
  10. Poetry is everywhere
    14:55
    Poetry is everywhere
  11. Questions from the audience
    05:40
    Questions from the audience
  12. Scrapbooks and plans
    05:43
    Scrapbooks and plans
  13. Chocolate Cake
    07:56
    Chocolate Cake
  14. Pets
    00:55
    Pets
  15. There's Broccoli in my Ice Cream! - Part 1
    04:07
    There's Broccoli in my Ice Cream! - Part 1
  16. Characters
    01:58
    Characters
  17. Beginnings
    01:47
    Beginnings
  18. Hercules Song
    01:56
    Hercules Song
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