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Fan fiction of your life!
How much of Dean’s experiences are reflected in his book?
  1. Fan fiction of your life!
    01:05
    Fan fiction of your life!
  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 to draw a blobfish
    03:35
    How to draw a blobfish
  10. Writing Fiction
    01:29
    Writing Fiction
  11. Early drawings
    00:49
    Early drawings
  12. Reading of The River
    04:08
    Reading of The River
  13. Rachel’s books and inspirations
    06:29
    Rachel’s books and inspirations
  14. Alastair’s influences
    00:28
    Alastair’s influences
  15. Questions from schools
    06:15
    Questions from schools
  16. The Black Flamingo
    05:09
    The Black Flamingo
  17. School Questions
    05:51
    School Questions
  18. Chae is Dr Who
    05:39
    Chae is Dr Who
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