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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. The hero birds
    03:03
    The hero birds
  10. Our Tower reading
    06:12
    Our Tower reading
  11. Finding the bear
    01:06
    Finding the bear
  12. Konnie’s Favourite Character
    00:58
    Konnie’s Favourite Character
  13. Studio questions
    02:06
    Studio questions
  14. Questions from schools
    08:14
    Questions from schools
  15. What motivates writing and how do you develop ideas?
    04:19
    What motivates writing and how do you develop ideas?
  16. Poetry is everywhere
    14:55
    Poetry is everywhere
  17. Sue's early influences
    04:42
    Sue's early influences
  18. A question from Blake
    01:15
    A question from Blake
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