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Alastair’s influences
Alastair discusses the books and authors that inspired him
  1. Alastair’s influences
    00:28
    Alastair’s influences
  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. Question time
    04:36
    Question time
  10. No Breathing in Class
    04:08
    No Breathing in Class
  11. Being Children’s Laureate
    05:08
    Being Children’s Laureate
  12. Reading from The Crossover
    04:17
    Reading from The Crossover
  13. Where The Heart Should Be
    06:14
    Where The Heart Should Be
  14. 100 Words on Friendship
    01:14
    100 Words on Friendship
  15. Fan fiction of your life!
    01:05
    Fan fiction of your life!
  16. Respecting each other
    01:57
    Respecting each other
  17. How to draw emotions
    04:34
    How to draw emotions
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