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Reading of The River
Tom reads his latest book, The River.
  1. Reading of The River
    04:08
    Reading of The River
  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. Acting and Writing
    05:49
    Acting and Writing
  10. Balloons!
    02:59
    Balloons!
  11. Questions from schools
    05:22
    Questions from schools
  12. What are you favourite things about books?
    01:20
    What are you favourite things about books?
  13. A question of inspiration
    02:51
    A question of inspiration
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    05:25
    Reading of The Gecko and the Echo
  15. Making the change
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    Making the change
  16. Creating a magical place
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    Creating a magical place
  17. Writing in Scots
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    Writing in Scots
  18. A bit of a read
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