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The real world and the fictional world
How a rain forest in Wales provided inspiration for Kiran’s fictional world.
  1. The real world and the fictional world
    11:22
    The real world and the fictional world
  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. Using Scotland as a setting
    01:06
    Using Scotland as a setting
  10. Alastair’s influences
    00:28
    Alastair’s influences
  11. The Crackledawn Dragon
    02:10
    The Crackledawn Dragon
  12. Stories are people
    01:59
    Stories are people
  13. Reading of The Squirrels Who Squabbled
    03:47
    Reading of The Squirrels Who Squabbled
  14. Final thoughts
    01:33
    Final thoughts
  15. Working in Comics
    01:09
    Working in Comics
  16. Where The Heart Should Be
    06:14
    Where The Heart Should Be
  17. What are you favourite things about books?
    01:20
    What are you favourite things about books?
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