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How do you come up with names for your characters?
Arlo and Augustus are great names for characters, but how does Catherine dream them up?
  1. How do you come up with names for your characters?
    01:09
    How do you come up with names for your characters?
  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. Process of illustration and writing
    01:40
    Process of illustration and writing
  10. Introducing us to new historical figures
    02:35
    Introducing us to new historical figures
  11. Hallowe'en in Scotland
    06:14
    Hallowe'en in Scotland
  12. Dealing with Racists
    01:11
    Dealing with Racists
  13. Children’s Laureate
    03:24
    Children’s Laureate
  14. How to Draw Eric Dynamite
    08:33
    How to Draw Eric Dynamite
  15. Writing Fiction
    01:29
    Writing Fiction
  16. The importance of libraries
    08:10
    The importance of libraries
  17. Inspired by travelling
    14:41
    Inspired by travelling
  18. More Cookie Books
    01:04
    More Cookie Books
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