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Cardboard Cowboys reading
Brian reads from the opening chapter of Cardboard Cowboys.
  1. Cardboard Cowboys reading
    05:01
    Cardboard Cowboys reading
  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 are you favourite things about books?
    01:20
    What are you favourite things about books?
  10. Steven Lenton's illustrations
    00:35
    Steven Lenton's illustrations
  11. The real world and the fictional world
    11:22
    The real world and the fictional world
  12. Poetry is everywhere
    14:55
    Poetry is everywhere
  13. My Heart
    01:52
    My Heart
  14. Introducing Cookie
    04:11
    Introducing Cookie
  15. Gill reads from Willow Wildthing and the Dragon's Egg
    05:44
    Gill reads from Willow Wildthing and the Dragon's Egg
  16. Slugs and Brain Pâté
    11:48
    Slugs and Brain Pâté
  17. How to Draw Granville's Body
    07:54
    How to Draw Granville's Body
  18. Early drawings
    00:49
    Early drawings
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