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Stories and puzzles
Alastair talks about how he first got into writing books
  1. Stories and puzzles
    01:34
    Stories and puzzles
  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. Cuiken Primary film
    03:02
    Cuiken Primary film
  10. Making the change
    03:33
    Making the change
  11. Health and Medicine
    04:36
    Health and Medicine
  12. Where The Heart Should Be
    06:14
    Where The Heart Should Be
  13. A reading from Elizabeth
    02:18
    A reading from Elizabeth
  14. This is a democracy
    00:39
    This is a democracy
  15. Writing historical fiction
    03:58
    Writing historical fiction
  16. Meeting the Wolf Queen
    02:20
    Meeting the Wolf Queen
  17. Reading of The Squirrels Who Squabbled
    03:47
    Reading of The Squirrels Who Squabbled
  18. Tom on his illustrations
    05:00
    Tom on his illustrations
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