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Why is it important to learn Scots and Gaelic?
View More From The Gruffalo’s 20th Birthday
Catriona and James explain why language is all about who we are.
  1. Why is it important to learn Scots and Gaelic?
    03:10
    Why is it important to learn Scots and Gaelic?
  2. Enthusiasm for Scots and Gaelic
    02:52
    Enthusiasm for Scots and Gaelic
  3. Reading The Gruffalo in Scots
    06:54
    Reading The Gruffalo in Scots
  4. Reading The Gruffalo in Gaelic
    07:30
    Reading The Gruffalo in Gaelic
  5. Translating into Gaelic
    00:53
    Translating into Gaelic
  6. Discovering New Words
    03:16
    Discovering New Words
  7. Favourite Scots Words
    04:20
    Favourite Scots Words
  8. The life of Matthew Henson
    08:12
    The life of Matthew Henson
  9. Reading from The Boxer - Part 2
    04:07
    Reading from The Boxer - Part 2
  10. Finding the bear
    01:06
    Finding the bear
  11. Reading from Maddy Yip's guide to life
    09:49
    Reading from Maddy Yip's guide to life
  12. Reluctant reader to avid writer
    08:03
    Reluctant reader to avid writer
  13. Remembering Kobe Bryant
    01:41
    Remembering Kobe Bryant
  14. How important is it for young queer people to see themselves in fiction?
    03:12
    How important is it for young queer people to see themselves in fiction?
  15. Would any of your characters make a good therapet?
    01:05
    Would any of your characters make a good therapet?
  16. Keep going!
    01:28
    Keep going!
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    Dogs in space
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