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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. Going around gardens!
    03:12
    Going around gardens!
  10. A reading from Elizabeth
    02:18
    A reading from Elizabeth
  11. Alastair’s influences
    00:28
    Alastair’s influences
  12. Questions from schools
    06:06
    Questions from schools
  13. Gill reads from Willow Wildthing and the Dragon's Egg
    05:44
    Gill reads from Willow Wildthing and the Dragon's Egg
  14. Cookie’s Brain Busting Quiz
    06:44
    Cookie’s Brain Busting Quiz
  15. Balloons!
    02:59
    Balloons!
  16. The life of Matthew Henson
    08:12
    The life of Matthew Henson
  17. This is a democracy
    00:39
    This is a democracy
  18. Questions from schools
    05:58
    Questions from schools
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