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Room on the Broom in Scots
James Robertson reads his version of the Julia Donaldson classic in Scots.
  1. Room on the Broom in Scots
    08:13
    Room on the Broom in Scots
  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. Final thoughts
    01:33
    Final thoughts
  10. Tom on his illustrations
    05:00
    Tom on his illustrations
  11. Introduction to the Twitchers
    05:50
    Introduction to the Twitchers
  12. Writing the Twitchers
    05:00
    Writing the Twitchers
  13. Questions from Schools
    09:36
    Questions from Schools
  14. Stories and puzzles
    01:34
    Stories and puzzles
  15. What's Sputnik up to?
    00:32
    What's Sputnik up to?
  16. Going around gardens!
    03:12
    Going around gardens!
  17. Writing – when why how?
    09:26
    Writing – when why how?
  18. How to Draw Granville's Body
    07:54
    How to Draw Granville's Body
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