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The Black Flamingo
Dean gives us a flavour of The Black Flamingo with a reading from the opening chapter.
  1. The Black Flamingo
    05:09
    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. 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
  10. Introducing The Black Flamingo
    00:27
    Introducing The Black Flamingo
  11. Alastair’s influences
    00:28
    Alastair’s influences
  12. Noi and his family
    03:19
    Noi and his family
  13. Persistence
    01:24
    Persistence
  14. Being Children’s Laureate
    05:08
    Being Children’s Laureate
  15. Hooked on Reading
    03:03
    Hooked on Reading
  16. The Great Storm Whale reading
    06:27
    The Great Storm Whale reading
  17. He Had a Little Sticker
    01:25
    He Had a Little Sticker
  18. Questions from the audience
    05:40
    Questions from the audience
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