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Introducing The Black Flamingo
Dean describes his novel in verse, The Black Flamingo.
  1. Introducing The Black Flamingo
    00:27
    Introducing The Black Flamingo
  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. Scrapbooks and plans
    05:43
    Scrapbooks and plans
  10. Reluctant reader to avid writer
    08:03
    Reluctant reader to avid writer
  11. Sport brings us together
    02:36
    Sport brings us together
  12. Introducing Cookie
    04:11
    Introducing Cookie
  13. Writing Tips with... Catherine Rayner
    08:13
    Writing Tips with... Catherine Rayner
  14. We are all storytellers
    05:27
    We are all storytellers
  15. Reading from The Crossing
    04:47
    Reading from The Crossing
  16. School days and writing
    07:07
    School days and writing
  17. Scottish words and questions from schools
    08:09
    Scottish words and questions from schools
  18. Studio questions
    02:06
    Studio questions
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