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Stories and puzzles
Alastair talks about how he first got into writing books
  1. Stories and puzzles
    01:34
    Stories and puzzles
  2. The Egyptian Empire
    16:39
    The Egyptian Empire
  3. The British Empire
    04:33
    The British Empire
  4. The World Wars
    07:23
    The World Wars
  5. Weird and Wonderful Inventors
    02:32
    Weird and Wonderful Inventors
  6. Creating a Poem
    08:58
    Creating a Poem
  7. Prez
    01:14
    Prez
  8. Reading from Grimwood: Attack of the Stink Monster
    06:54
    Reading from Grimwood: Attack of the Stink Monster
  9. Persistence
    01:24
    Persistence
  10. Hooked on Reading
    03:03
    Hooked on Reading
  11. Acting and Writing
    05:49
    Acting and Writing
  12. Introducing The Black Flamingo
    00:27
    Introducing The Black Flamingo
  13. Y is for Young Adult
    03:43
    Y is for Young Adult
  14. Room on the Broom in Scots
    08:13
    Room on the Broom in Scots
  15. Translating into Gaelic
    00:53
    Translating into Gaelic
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