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Cardboard Cowboys reading
Brian reads from the opening chapter of Cardboard Cowboys.
  1. Cardboard Cowboys reading
    05:01
    Cardboard Cowboys reading
  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. Beginnings
    01:47
    Beginnings
  10. The right words in the right order
    02:38
    The right words in the right order
  11. Questions from schools
    04:02
    Questions from schools
  12. Final thoughts
    01:33
    Final thoughts
  13. Writing Haikus
    08:00
    Writing Haikus
  14. The Great Storm Whale reading
    06:27
    The Great Storm Whale reading
  15. Reading from The Infinite
    05:46
    Reading from The Infinite
  16. The hero birds
    03:03
    The hero birds
  17. Scottish words and questions from schools
    08:09
    Scottish words and questions from schools
  18. He Had a Little Sticker
    01:25
    He Had a Little Sticker
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