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Enthusiasm for Scots and Gaelic
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James tells us why he thinks there’s such enthusiasm for Scots and Gaelic in schools.
  1. Enthusiasm for Scots and Gaelic
    02:52
    Enthusiasm for Scots and Gaelic
  2. Why is it important to learn Scots and Gaelic?
    03:10
    Why is it important to learn 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. Authors Live with Holly Bourne
    34:04
    Authors Live with Holly Bourne
  9. Steven Lenton's illustrations
    00:35
    Steven Lenton's illustrations
  10. How do you come up with names for your characters?
    01:09
    How do you come up with names for your characters?
  11. Questions from schools
    05:58
    Questions from schools
  12. Draw the Light Ship
    05:16
    Draw the Light Ship
  13. What's Sputnik up to?
    00:32
    What's Sputnik up to?
  14. More Cookie Books
    01:04
    More Cookie Books
  15. The hero birds
    03:03
    The hero birds
  16. How Books Start
    06:40
    How Books Start
  17. The story rollercoaster
    00:58
    The story rollercoaster
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