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Using Scotland as a setting
Ross talks about the beauty of using Scotland as a setting for his books.
  1. Using Scotland as a setting
    01:06
    Using Scotland as a setting
  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. UK schools vs American schools
    02:13
    UK schools vs American schools
  10. A question of inspiration
    02:51
    A question of inspiration
  11. A novel in verse
    01:02
    A novel in verse
  12. We are all storytellers
    05:27
    We are all storytellers
  13. More questions
    01:42
    More questions
  14. Crackledawn
    02:08
    Crackledawn
  15. The Black Flamingo
    05:09
    The Black Flamingo
  16. Bumble and Snug reading
    04:07
    Bumble and Snug reading
  17. Drawing Fruit and Veg
    04:16
    Drawing Fruit and Veg
  18. How did you plan the structure of the novel?
    02:38
    How did you plan the structure of the novel?
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