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The real world and the fictional world
How a rain forest in Wales provided inspiration for Kiran’s fictional world.
  1. The real world and the fictional world
    11:22
    The real world and the fictional world
  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. There’s Nothing Faster Than a Cheetah
    03:53
    There’s Nothing Faster Than a Cheetah
  10. Did anyone encourage Ross MacKenzie to write books?
    00:48
    Did anyone encourage Ross MacKenzie to write books?
  11. The Great Storm Whale reading
    06:27
    The Great Storm Whale reading
  12. Orion Lost reading
    02:48
    Orion Lost reading
  13. Chris McQueer – reading
    03:07
    Chris McQueer – reading
  14. Introducing us to new historical figures
    02:35
    Introducing us to new historical figures
  15. Chae is Dr Who
    05:39
    Chae is Dr Who
  16. The World of the Wolf Queen
    04:14
    The World of the Wolf Queen
  17. Questions from schools
    05:21
    Questions from schools
  18. Pupils' questions
    07:21
    Pupils' questions
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