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Reading from The Crossover
Author Kwame Alexander reads from his latest book, The Crossover.
  1. Reading from The Crossover
    04:17
    Reading from The Crossover
  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. Sport brings us together
    02:36
    Sport brings us together
  10. How important is it for young queer people to see themselves in fiction?
    03:12
    How important is it for young queer people to see themselves in fiction?
  11. How did you learn to draw?
    00:36
    How did you learn to draw?
  12. Comics
    04:26
    Comics
  13. The Black Flamingo
    05:09
    The Black Flamingo
  14. Feather reading
    06:20
    Feather reading
  15. Discussing illustration
    03:51
    Discussing illustration
  16. The importance of libraries
    08:10
    The importance of libraries
  17. Rachel’s books and inspirations
    06:29
    Rachel’s books and inspirations
  18. Schools questions
    09:55
    Schools questions
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