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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. Why comics matter
    06:03
    Why comics matter
  10. Emily's Books
    02:27
    Emily's Books
  11. Ideas and inspirational teachers
    05:32
    Ideas and inspirational teachers
  12. Favourite characters and Matthew Henson
    04:28
    Favourite characters and Matthew Henson
  13. Wizards of Once reading
    04:24
    Wizards of Once reading
  14. He Had a Little Sticker
    01:25
    He Had a Little Sticker
  15. Questions from schools
    05:21
    Questions from schools
  16. Becoming an Author
    00:58
    Becoming an Author
  17. Cuiken Primary film
    03:02
    Cuiken Primary film
  18. Reading from 'The Places I've Cried in Public'
    04:53
    Reading from 'The Places I've Cried in Public'
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