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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. Self-Defence
    02:59
    Self-Defence
  9. Where The Heart Should Be
    06:14
    Where The Heart Should Be
  10. Reading from Maddy Yip's guide to life
    09:49
    Reading from Maddy Yip's guide to life
  11. What motivates writing and how do you develop ideas?
    04:19
    What motivates writing and how do you develop ideas?
  12. What's Sputnik up to?
    00:32
    What's Sputnik up to?
  13. Chris McQueer – reading
    03:07
    Chris McQueer – reading
  14. The life of Matthew Henson
    08:12
    The life of Matthew Henson
  15. The power of fantasy fiction
    04:28
    The power of fantasy fiction
  16. Question and Answer - Part 2
    04:39
    Question and Answer - Part 2
  17. Becoming an Author
    00:58
    Becoming an Author
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