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Have a go!
Lauren shares her key message as Children's Laureate
  1. Have a go!
    01:10
    Have a go!
  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. Scrapbooks and plans
    05:43
    Scrapbooks and plans
  10. How Catherine works
    00:59
    How Catherine works
  11. Characters and Themes
    04:51
    Characters and Themes
  12. How do you come up with names for your characters?
    01:09
    How do you come up with names for your characters?
  13. Joyful Poetry
    00:53
    Joyful Poetry
  14. Reading of The Squirrels Who Squabbled
    03:47
    Reading of The Squirrels Who Squabbled
  15. Reading of The Gecko and the Echo
    05:25
    Reading of The Gecko and the Echo
  16. Authors Live with Holly Bourne
    34:04
    Authors Live with Holly Bourne
  17. Noi and his family
    03:19
    Noi and his family
  18. Is it easier or harder to write a trilogy?
    01:45
    Is it easier or harder to write a trilogy?
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