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Fan fiction of your life!
How much of Dean’s experiences are reflected in his book?
  1. Fan fiction of your life!
    01:05
    Fan fiction of your life!
  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. Manjeet’s writing process
    07:37
    Manjeet’s writing process
  10. Creating a magical place
    06:49
    Creating a magical place
  11. Stories and puzzles
    01:34
    Stories and puzzles
  12. Questions from schools
    05:21
    Questions from schools
  13. Process of illustration and writing
    01:40
    Process of illustration and writing
  14. What Can Boys Learn From This Novel?
    03:02
    What Can Boys Learn From This Novel?
  15. Reading from Grimwood: Attack of the Stink Monster
    06:54
    Reading from Grimwood: Attack of the Stink Monster
  16. Alastair’s influences
    00:28
    Alastair’s influences
  17. Nadine Aisha Jassat – poetry reading
    03:11
    Nadine Aisha Jassat – poetry reading
  18. A reading from Elizabeth
    02:18
    A reading from Elizabeth
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