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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. Relationship Counsellor
    02:45
    Relationship Counsellor
  10. Boogie Woogie Buggy
    01:41
    Boogie Woogie Buggy
  11. There's Broccoli in my Ice Cream! - Part 1
    04:07
    There's Broccoli in my Ice Cream! - Part 1
  12. Did anyone encourage Ross MacKenzie to write books?
    00:48
    Did anyone encourage Ross MacKenzie to write books?
  13. How Catherine works
    00:59
    How Catherine works
  14. Meeting the Wolf Queen
    02:20
    Meeting the Wolf Queen
  15. Characters
    01:58
    Characters
  16. Reading of The River
    04:08
    Reading of The River
  17. Steven Lenton's illustrations
    00:35
    Steven Lenton's illustrations
  18. Writing historical fiction
    03:58
    Writing historical fiction
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