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Favourite characters and Matthew Henson
Catherine talks about the characters in her books and the real people who inspired them.
  1. Favourite characters and Matthew Henson
    04:28
    Favourite characters and Matthew Henson
  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. What Can Boys Learn From This Novel?
    03:02
    What Can Boys Learn From This Novel?
  10. Sport brings us together
    02:36
    Sport brings us together
  11. Ideas
    03:35
    Ideas
  12. Reading from Maddy Yip's guide to life
    09:49
    Reading from Maddy Yip's guide to life
  13. Reading from The Boy Who Made Monsters
    03:08
    Reading from The Boy Who Made Monsters
  14. McLean Primary eco projects
    02:44
    McLean Primary eco projects
  15. Children’s Laureate
    03:24
    Children’s Laureate
  16. Phil’s presentation
    21:56
    Phil’s presentation
  17. Prez
    01:14
    Prez
  18. How does Ross feel about writing and completing books?
    07:11
    How does Ross feel about writing and completing books?
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