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Why is it important to learn Scots and Gaelic?
View More From The Gruffalo’s 20th Birthday
Catriona and James explain why language is all about who we are.
  1. Why is it important to learn Scots and Gaelic?
    03:10
    Why is it important to learn Scots and Gaelic?
  2. Enthusiasm for Scots and Gaelic
    02:52
    Enthusiasm for Scots and Gaelic
  3. Reading The Gruffalo in Scots
    06:54
    Reading The Gruffalo in Scots
  4. Reading The Gruffalo in Gaelic
    07:30
    Reading The Gruffalo in Gaelic
  5. Translating into Gaelic
    00:53
    Translating into Gaelic
  6. Discovering New Words
    03:16
    Discovering New Words
  7. Favourite Scots Words
    04:20
    Favourite Scots Words
  8. Questions
    04:03
    Questions
  9. Questions from the audience
    09:53
    Questions from the audience
  10. Sarah’s route into fiction
    07:16
    Sarah’s route into fiction
  11. Reading from Grimwood: Attack of the Stink Monster
    06:54
    Reading from Grimwood: Attack of the Stink Monster
  12. UK schools vs American schools
    02:13
    UK schools vs American schools
  13. What are you favourite things about books?
    01:20
    What are you favourite things about books?
  14. Working with an illustrator
    02:38
    Working with an illustrator
  15. Early drawings
    00:49
    Early drawings
  16. A question from Blake
    01:15
    A question from Blake
  17. McLean Primary eco projects
    02:44
    McLean Primary eco projects
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