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Stories and puzzles
Alastair talks about how he first got into writing books
  1. Stories and puzzles
    01:34
    Stories and puzzles
  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. Who is Josh Bell?
    01:03
    Who is Josh Bell?
  10. Hooked on Reading
    03:03
    Hooked on Reading
  11. Fan fiction of your life!
    01:05
    Fan fiction of your life!
  12. Inspired by travelling
    14:41
    Inspired by travelling
  13. Stories are people
    01:59
    Stories are people
  14. One frame
    01:29
    One frame
  15. Questions from schools
    05:21
    Questions from schools
  16. Ideas for books
    02:25
    Ideas for books
  17. Joyful Poetry
    00:53
    Joyful Poetry
  18. Wishes
    01:04
    Wishes
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