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Room on the Broom in Scots
James Robertson reads his version of the Julia Donaldson classic in Scots.
  1. Room on the Broom in Scots
    08:13
    Room on the Broom in Scots
  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. Draw Along
    10:16
    Draw Along
  10. Reading from The Crossing
    04:47
    Reading from The Crossing
  11. Characters and Themes
    04:51
    Characters and Themes
  12. Questions from schools
    05:40
    Questions from schools
  13. Keep going!
    01:28
    Keep going!
  14. Konnie’s Favourite Character
    00:58
    Konnie’s Favourite Character
  15. How Books Start
    06:40
    How Books Start
  16. Questions from schools
    08:43
    Questions from schools
  17. What are you favourite things about books?
    01:20
    What are you favourite things about books?
  18. Question time
    04:36
    Question time
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