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Reading The Undefeated
Author Kwame Alexander reads from his excellent book, The Undefeated.
  1. Reading The Undefeated
    03:32
    Reading The Undefeated
  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 Does Your Own Personal Experience Shape Your Writing?
    02:32
    How Does Your Own Personal Experience Shape Your Writing?
  10. Introducing The Black Flamingo
    00:27
    Introducing The Black Flamingo
  11. What inspired Ross MacKenzie to continue with his series of books?
    01:13
    What inspired Ross MacKenzie to continue with his series of books?
  12. How do you come up with names for your characters?
    01:09
    How do you come up with names for your characters?
  13. Where The Heart Should Be
    06:14
    Where The Heart Should Be
  14. How to Draw Granville's Body
    07:54
    How to Draw Granville's Body
  15. Illustrating the Book
    02:15
    Illustrating the Book
  16. Themes of books
    03:14
    Themes of books
  17. Questions from schools
    06:40
    Questions from schools
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    01:29
    One frame
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