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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. Flirting and locker room talk
    06:28
    Flirting and locker room talk
  10. Final thoughts
    01:33
    Final thoughts
  11. How to draw a blobfish
    03:35
    How to draw a blobfish
  12. How Books Start
    06:40
    How Books Start
  13. Down Behind The Dustbin
    02:41
    Down Behind The Dustbin
  14. Reading from 'Luna Loves Art'
    05:38
    Reading from 'Luna Loves Art'
  15. Bumble and Snug reading
    04:07
    Bumble and Snug reading
  16. Creating a Poem
    08:58
    Creating a Poem
  17. Stories are people
    01:59
    Stories are people
  18. Questions from Linlithgow Academy
    05:02
    Questions from Linlithgow Academy
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