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Favourite characters and Matthew Henson
Catherine talks about the characters in her books and the real people who inspired them.
  1. Favourite characters and Matthew Henson
    04:28
    Favourite characters and Matthew Henson
  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. A novel in verse
    01:02
    A novel in verse
  10. Questions from West Calder High School
    05:42
    Questions from West Calder High School
  11. Questions from schools
    05:21
    Questions from schools
  12. Questions from schools
    04:02
    Questions from schools
  13. Cuiken Primary film
    03:02
    Cuiken Primary film
  14. Reading of The Gecko and the Echo
    05:25
    Reading of The Gecko and the Echo
  15. Sarah’s route into fiction
    07:16
    Sarah’s route into fiction
  16. Reading from The Infinite
    05:46
    Reading from The Infinite
  17. The Otherwhere Emporium reading
    04:21
    The Otherwhere Emporium reading
  18. It Does Matter
    02:17
    It Does Matter
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