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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. Hooked on Reading
    03:03
    Hooked on Reading
  10. Re-imagining Scottish folklore
    01:48
    Re-imagining Scottish folklore
  11. Joyful Poetry
    00:53
    Joyful Poetry
  12. Our Tower reading
    06:12
    Our Tower reading
  13. Twitch reading
    05:36
    Twitch reading
  14. Emily's Books
    02:27
    Emily's Books
  15. Draw Goldy the Gecko
    04:43
    Draw Goldy the Gecko
  16. Chris McQueer – reading
    03:07
    Chris McQueer – reading
  17. Respecting each other
    01:57
    Respecting each other
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