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Favourite characters and Matthew Henson
Catherine talks about the characters in her books and the real people who inspired them.
  1. Favourite characters and Matthew Henson
    04:28
    Favourite characters and Matthew Henson
  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. Desert island books
    02:27
    Desert island books
  10. Rewilding and creating a space for nature
    09:01
    Rewilding and creating a space for nature
  11. Working with an illustrator
    02:38
    Working with an illustrator
  12. Reading from The Crossing
    04:47
    Reading from The Crossing
  13. Hercules Song
    01:56
    Hercules Song
  14. S is for Scots
    03:30
    S is for Scots
  15. The power of fantasy fiction
    04:28
    The power of fantasy fiction
  16. Questions from schools
    06:06
    Questions from schools
  17. Using Scotland as a setting
    01:06
    Using Scotland as a setting
  18. Cat Hepburn – poetry reading
    03:40
    Cat Hepburn – poetry reading
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