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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. What is the Nowhere Emporium?
    00:45
    What is the Nowhere Emporium?
  10. Introducing Cookie
    04:11
    Introducing Cookie
  11. Twitch reading
    05:36
    Twitch reading
  12. Toxic Relationships
    04:42
    Toxic Relationships
  13. Crackledawn
    02:08
    Crackledawn
  14. Desert island books
    02:27
    Desert island books
  15. There's Broccoli in my Ice Cream! - Part 2
    04:25
    There's Broccoli in my Ice Cream! - Part 2
  16. The real world and the fictional world
    11:22
    The real world and the fictional world
  17. He Had a Little Sticker
    01:25
    He Had a Little Sticker
  18. Sport brings us together
    02:36
    Sport brings us together
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