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A novel in verse
Dean tells us why he took the unusual step of writing his novel in verse.
  1. A novel in verse
    01:02
    A novel in verse
  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. Steven Lenton's illustrations
    00:35
    Steven Lenton's illustrations
  10. Writing Tips with... Alastair Chisholm
    09:12
    Writing Tips with... Alastair Chisholm
  11. Questions from schools
    05:22
    Questions from schools
  12. What's Sputnik up to?
    00:32
    What's Sputnik up to?
  13. Sport brings us together
    02:36
    Sport brings us together
  14. How to draw a blobfish
    03:35
    How to draw a blobfish
  15. Weather and climate
    00:56
    Weather and climate
  16. Scrapbooks and plans
    05:43
    Scrapbooks and plans
  17. Wordplay
    14:05
    Wordplay
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    The Crackledawn Dragon
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