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Being Children’s Laureate
Cressida talks about her time as Children’s Laureate
  1. Being Children’s Laureate
    05:08
    Being Children’s Laureate
  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. Self-Defence
    02:59
    Self-Defence
  10. Did anyone encourage Ross MacKenzie to write books?
    00:48
    Did anyone encourage Ross MacKenzie to write books?
  11. The power of fantasy fiction
    04:28
    The power of fantasy fiction
  12. What Can Boys Learn From This Novel?
    03:02
    What Can Boys Learn From This Novel?
  13. Kiran’s writing process
    05:08
    Kiran’s writing process
  14. Daisy on the Outer Line
    02:34
    Daisy on the Outer Line
  15. Rewilding and creating a space for nature
    09:01
    Rewilding and creating a space for nature
  16. Truth and Lies
    13:33
    Truth and Lies
  17. Questions from pupils
    02:50
    Questions from pupils
  18. More questions for Sav
    02:00
    More questions for Sav
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