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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. Working with an illustrator
    02:38
    Working with an illustrator
  10. Re-imagining Scottish folklore
    01:48
    Re-imagining Scottish folklore
  11. Question time
    04:36
    Question time
  12. What are you favourite things about books?
    01:20
    What are you favourite things about books?
  13. A question from Twitter
    01:07
    A question from Twitter
  14. Questions from schools
    07:40
    Questions from schools
  15. Draw along
    10:28
    Draw along
  16. The Selkie and Finfolkaheem
    03:48
    The Selkie and Finfolkaheem
  17. The origins of 'Lads'
    06:09
    The origins of 'Lads'
  18. Characters
    01:58
    Characters
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