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Introducing The Black Flamingo
Dean describes his novel in verse, The Black Flamingo.
  1. Introducing The Black Flamingo
    00:27
    Introducing The Black Flamingo
  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. How Catherine works
    00:59
    How Catherine works
  10. Where The Heart Should Be
    06:14
    Where The Heart Should Be
  11. Hand on the Bridge
    02:28
    Hand on the Bridge
  12. Cardboard Cowboys reading
    05:01
    Cardboard Cowboys reading
  13. School Questions
    05:51
    School Questions
  14. What Can Boys Learn From This Novel?
    03:02
    What Can Boys Learn From This Novel?
  15. Inspired by travelling
    14:41
    Inspired by travelling
  16. Desert island books
    02:27
    Desert island books
  17. Studio questions
    03:22
    Studio questions
  18. Writing Tips with... Catherine Rayner
    08:13
    Writing Tips with... Catherine Rayner
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