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Ideas for books
Mia wants to know where Ross gets his ideas for writing books.
  1. Ideas for books
    02:25
    Ideas for books
  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. Themes of The Infinite
    01:29
    Themes of The Infinite
  10. Being Children’s Laureate
    05:08
    Being Children’s Laureate
  11. A question from Twitter
    01:07
    A question from Twitter
  12. Whuppity Stoorie by Lari Don
    16:05
    Whuppity Stoorie by Lari Don
  13. Drawing Fruit and Veg
    04:16
    Drawing Fruit and Veg
  14. Working with an illustrator
    02:38
    Working with an illustrator
  15. Re-imagining Scottish folklore
    01:48
    Re-imagining Scottish folklore
  16. UK schools vs American schools
    02:13
    UK schools vs American schools
  17. Studio questions
    02:06
    Studio questions
  18. Draw Goldy the Gecko
    04:43
    Draw Goldy the Gecko
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