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Illustrating the Book
Konnie on drawing the illustrations throughout her book.
  1. Illustrating the Book
    02:15
    Illustrating the Book
  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. Persistence
    01:24
    Persistence
  11. Drawing Bugbops
    10:18
    Drawing Bugbops
  12. A novel in verse
    01:02
    A novel in verse
  13. Authors Live with Ross Sayers
    31:15
    Authors Live with Ross Sayers
  14. Slugs and Brain Pâté
    11:48
    Slugs and Brain Pâté
  15. What motivates writing and how do you develop ideas?
    04:19
    What motivates writing and how do you develop ideas?
  16. 100 Words on Friendship
    01:14
    100 Words on Friendship
  17. Wordplay
    14:05
    Wordplay
  18. Tom on his illustrations
    05:00
    Tom on his illustrations
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