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Books and confidence
Can books and television help young people to come out?
  1. Books and confidence
    01:08
    Books and confidence
  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. What Can Boys Learn From This Novel?
    03:02
    What Can Boys Learn From This Novel?
  10. Diving Poem
    02:24
    Diving Poem
  11. Reading of The River
    04:08
    Reading of The River
  12. Poet recommendations
    02:45
    Poet recommendations
  13. The Undefeated
    01:19
    The Undefeated
  14. Going around gardens!
    03:12
    Going around gardens!
  15. Questions from the audience
    05:40
    Questions from the audience
  16. Cookie’s Brain Busting Quiz
    06:44
    Cookie’s Brain Busting Quiz
  17. How do you come up with names for your characters?
    01:09
    How do you come up with names for your characters?
  18. Creating a magical place
    06:49
    Creating a magical place
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