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Being Children’s Laureate
Cressida talks about her time as Children’s Laureate
  1. Being Children’s Laureate
    05:08
    Being Children’s Laureate
  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. Reading of The Gecko and the Echo
    05:25
    Reading of The Gecko and the Echo
  10. Konnie’s Favourite Character
    00:58
    Konnie’s Favourite Character
  11. Slugs and Brain Pâté
    11:48
    Slugs and Brain Pâté
  12. Weather and climate
    00:56
    Weather and climate
  13. Introducing us to new historical figures
    02:35
    Introducing us to new historical figures
  14. A question from Twitter
    01:07
    A question from Twitter
  15. Cat Hepburn – poetry reading
    03:40
    Cat Hepburn – poetry reading
  16. How Books Start
    06:40
    How Books Start
  17. It Does Matter
    02:17
    It Does Matter
  18. Question and Answer - Part 2
    04:39
    Question and Answer - Part 2
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