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The Black Flamingo
Dean gives us a flavour of The Black Flamingo with a reading from the opening chapter.
  1. The Black Flamingo
    05:09
    The Black Flamingo
  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. Myths and Monsters
    11:48
    Myths and Monsters
  10. Draw Goldy the Gecko
    04:43
    Draw Goldy the Gecko
  11. Why comics matter
    06:03
    Why comics matter
  12. Questions from schools
    05:40
    Questions from schools
  13. Wishes
    01:04
    Wishes
  14. Writing Tips with... Alastair Chisholm
    09:12
    Writing Tips with... Alastair Chisholm
  15. The right words in the right order
    02:38
    The right words in the right order
  16. School Questions
    08:45
    School Questions
  17. More questions
    01:42
    More questions
  18. Social media and influencers
    03:10
    Social media and influencers
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