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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. Gil's bug hospital
    05:28
    Gil's bug hospital
  10. Sue's early influences
    04:42
    Sue's early influences
  11. How to Draw Eric Dynamite
    08:33
    How to Draw Eric Dynamite
  12. Ideas for books
    02:25
    Ideas for books
  13. Characters
    01:58
    Characters
  14. Hooked on Reading
    03:03
    Hooked on Reading
  15. Walking and talking
    02:23
    Walking and talking
  16. Children’s Laureate
    03:24
    Children’s Laureate
  17. Read a long
    04:36
    Read a long
  18. A sudden idea
    01:52
    A sudden idea
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