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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. Ghosts of Heaven
    02:56
    Ghosts of Heaven
  3. Spirals and cave art
    02:59
    Spirals and cave art
  4. The beginning of writing
    01:47
    The beginning of writing
  5. The teenage brain
    05:51
    The teenage brain
  6. Writing realistically
    01:59
    Writing realistically
  7. Reading
    03:16
    Reading
  8. Into a dark cave
    01:36
    Into a dark cave
  9. Questions near
    05:54
    Questions near
  10. Questions far
    02:42
    Questions far
  11. Box Yourself
    03:44
    Box Yourself
  12. Developing your voice
    02:24
    Developing your voice
  13. Final thoughts
    01:33
    Final thoughts
  14. Enthusiasm for Scots and Gaelic
    02:52
    Enthusiasm for Scots and Gaelic
  15. The real world and the fictional world
    11:22
    The real world and the fictional world
  16. Books and confidence
    01:08
    Books and confidence
  17. Reading from The Boy Who Made Monsters
    03:08
    Reading from The Boy Who Made Monsters
  18. Scottish words and questions from schools
    08:09
    Scottish words and questions from schools
  19. Working with young writers
    01:12
    Working with young writers
  20. Reluctant reader to avid writer
    08:03
    Reluctant reader to avid writer
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