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Questions from West Calder High School
Pupils from West Calder High School in West Lothian put their questions to Alan.
  1. Questions from West Calder High School
    05:42
    Questions from West Calder High School
  2. Move it
    00:51
    Move it
  3. My dad knows everything
    04:26
    My dad knows everything
  4. Return of the bendy, bendy toothbrush
    05:50
    Return of the bendy, bendy toothbrush
  5. The noise!
    03:52
    The noise!
  6. The space
    01:18
    The space
  7. What is your favourite piece of work that you've written? What is your most treasured possession?
    03:19
    What is your favourite piece of work that you've written? What is your most treasured possession?
  8. Where do you get your ideas from? What is a poem?
    04:33
    Where do you get your ideas from? What is a poem?
  9. Would any of your characters make a good therapet?
    01:05
    Would any of your characters make a good therapet?
  10. The Great Storm Whale reading
    06:27
    The Great Storm Whale reading
  11. Creating a Poem
    08:58
    Creating a Poem
  12. Sputnik
    00:55
    Sputnik
  13. Discovering New Words
    03:16
    Discovering New Words
  14. How to Train Your Dragon reading
    04:38
    How to Train Your Dragon reading
  15. Orion Lost reading
    02:48
    Orion Lost reading
  16. Sarah’s route into fiction
    07:16
    Sarah’s route into fiction
  17. Questions from schools
    07:16
    Questions from schools
  18. The World of the Wolf Queen
    04:14
    The World of the Wolf Queen
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