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Book Introduction
Nikesh talks about why he had written his book, The Boxer.
  1. Book Introduction
    01:20
    Book Introduction
  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. The Great Storm Whale reading
    06:27
    The Great Storm Whale reading
  10. The right words in the right order
    02:38
    The right words in the right order
  11. Introducing Cookie
    04:11
    Introducing Cookie
  12. Questions from Schools
    09:36
    Questions from Schools
  13. How did you plan the structure of the novel?
    02:38
    How did you plan the structure of the novel?
  14. The importance of libraries
    08:10
    The importance of libraries
  15. Process of illustration and writing
    01:40
    Process of illustration and writing
  16. Introducing us to new historical figures
    02:35
    Introducing us to new historical figures
  17. Feather reading
    06:20
    Feather reading
  18. Drawing Fruit and Veg
    04:16
    Drawing Fruit and Veg
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