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The Undefeated
Author Kwame Alexander talks about writing his book The Undefeated.
  1. The Undefeated
    01:19
    The Undefeated
  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. Who is Josh Bell?
    01:03
    Who is Josh Bell?
  10. Illustrating the Book
    02:15
    Illustrating the Book
  11. Reading from The Boy Who Made Monsters
    03:08
    Reading from The Boy Who Made Monsters
  12. What are you favourite things about books?
    01:20
    What are you favourite things about books?
  13. Writing – when why how?
    09:26
    Writing – when why how?
  14. Creating a Poem
    08:58
    Creating a Poem
  15. How do you come up with names for your characters?
    01:09
    How do you come up with names for your characters?
  16. Sue's presentation
    11:34
    Sue's presentation
  17. Questions from the audience
    05:40
    Questions from the audience
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