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The Black Flamingo
Dean gives us a flavour of The Black Flamingo with a reading from the opening chapter.
  1. The Black Flamingo
    05:09
    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. How to draw a blobfish
    03:35
    How to draw a blobfish
  10. Drawing Fruit and Veg
    04:16
    Drawing Fruit and Veg
  11. Hooked on Reading
    03:03
    Hooked on Reading
  12. Writing Tips with... Catherine Rayner
    08:13
    Writing Tips with... Catherine Rayner
  13. The main characters
    03:46
    The main characters
  14. Sputnik
    00:55
    Sputnik
  15. Question time
    04:36
    Question time
  16. Read a long
    04:36
    Read a long
  17. Inspirations and Escaped Terrapin
    08:22
    Inspirations and Escaped Terrapin
  18. What are you favourite things about books?
    01:20
    What are you favourite things about books?
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