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Dragonese
Bryan gets a quick lesson from Cressida in how to speak dragon!
  1. Dragonese
    01:19
    Dragonese
  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. Illustrating the Book
    02:15
    Illustrating the Book
  10. How did you plan the structure of the novel?
    02:38
    How did you plan the structure of the novel?
  11. Stories and puzzles
    01:34
    Stories and puzzles
  12. The hero birds
    03:03
    The hero birds
  13. The importance of libraries
    08:10
    The importance of libraries
  14. Re-imagining Scottish folklore
    01:48
    Re-imagining Scottish folklore
  15. Slugs and Brain Pâté
    11:48
    Slugs and Brain Pâté
  16. Lauren reads
    04:58
    Lauren reads
  17. Balloons!
    02:59
    Balloons!
  18. Alastair’s influences
    00:28
    Alastair’s influences
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