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Favourite characters and Matthew Henson
Catherine talks about the characters in her books and the real people who inspired them.
  1. Favourite characters and Matthew Henson
    04:28
    Favourite characters and Matthew Henson
  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. Introduction to the Twitchers
    05:50
    Introduction to the Twitchers
  10. Balloons!
    02:59
    Balloons!
  11. Cracking questions
    02:08
    Cracking questions
  12. Questions from the audience
    09:53
    Questions from the audience
  13. The power of fantasy fiction
    04:28
    The power of fantasy fiction
  14. Questions from Linlithgow Academy
    05:02
    Questions from Linlithgow Academy
  15. Konnie Reads From Cookie and the Most Annoying Boy in the World
    05:18
    Konnie Reads From Cookie and the Most Annoying Boy in the World
  16. Health and Medicine
    04:36
    Health and Medicine
  17. Chocolate Cake
    07:56
    Chocolate Cake
  18. Creating a Poem
    08:58
    Creating a Poem
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