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Creating a magical place
Find out how author Ross MacKenzie creates magical places for his books.
  1. Creating a magical place
    06:49
    Creating a magical place
  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. Writing in Scots
    02:48
    Writing in Scots
  10. Twitch reading
    05:36
    Twitch reading
  11. The real world and the fictional world
    11:22
    The real world and the fictional world
  12. Using Scotland as a setting
    01:06
    Using Scotland as a setting
  13. Cat Hepburn – poetry reading
    03:40
    Cat Hepburn – poetry reading
  14. Where monsters come from
    03:38
    Where monsters come from
  15. Myths and Monsters
    11:48
    Myths and Monsters
  16. Chris McQueer – reading
    03:07
    Chris McQueer – reading
  17. Introducing us to new historical figures
    02:35
    Introducing us to new historical figures
  18. Favourite characters and Matthew Henson
    04:28
    Favourite characters and Matthew Henson
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