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Introducing The Black Flamingo
Dean describes his novel in verse, The Black Flamingo.
  1. Introducing The Black Flamingo
    00:27
    Introducing The Black Flamingo
  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. Konnie’s Love of Science
    02:32
    Konnie’s Love of Science
  10. Reading from Maddy Yip's guide to life
    09:49
    Reading from Maddy Yip's guide to life
  11. There’s Nothing Faster Than a Cheetah
    03:53
    There’s Nothing Faster Than a Cheetah
  12. Early drawings
    00:49
    Early drawings
  13. A reading from Elizabeth
    02:18
    A reading from Elizabeth
  14. Rachel’s books and inspirations
    06:29
    Rachel’s books and inspirations
  15. Writing Haikus
    08:00
    Writing Haikus
  16. Desert island books
    02:27
    Desert island books
  17. Remembering Kobe Bryant
    01:41
    Remembering Kobe Bryant
  18. Reading from The Infinite
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    Reading from The Infinite
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