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Introducing The Black Flamingo
Dean describes his novel in verse, The Black Flamingo.
  1. Introducing The Black Flamingo
    00:27
    Introducing The Black Flamingo
  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. Drawing Fruit and Veg
    04:16
    Drawing Fruit and Veg
  10. School days
    03:57
    School days
  11. Lauren reads
    04:58
    Lauren reads
  12. Process of illustration and writing
    01:40
    Process of illustration and writing
  13. Desert island books
    02:27
    Desert island books
  14. D is for Dialogue
    03:04
    D is for Dialogue
  15. Questions
    04:03
    Questions
  16. Studio questions
    03:22
    Studio questions
  17. Health and Medicine
    04:36
    Health and Medicine
  18. Where The Heart Should Be
    06:14
    Where The Heart Should Be
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