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Stories and puzzles
Alastair talks about how he first got into writing books
  1. Stories and puzzles
    01:34
    Stories and puzzles
  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 does Ross feel about writing and completing books?
    07:11
    How does Ross feel about writing and completing books?
  10. Respecting each other
    01:57
    Respecting each other
  11. Birdspotting Quiz
    05:46
    Birdspotting Quiz
  12. A question of inspiration
    02:51
    A question of inspiration
  13. What Can Boys Learn From This Novel?
    03:02
    What Can Boys Learn From This Novel?
  14. Reading from The Infinite
    05:46
    Reading from The Infinite
  15. How to draw a blobfish
    03:35
    How to draw a blobfish
  16. Wishes
    01:04
    Wishes
  17. Questions from Schools
    09:36
    Questions from Schools
  18. Daisy on the Outer Line
    02:34
    Daisy on the Outer Line
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