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Being Children’s Laureate
Cressida talks about her time as Children’s Laureate
  1. Being Children’s Laureate
    05:08
    Being Children’s Laureate
  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. The World of the Crossing
    08:03
    The World of the Crossing
  10. Wizards of Once reading
    04:24
    Wizards of Once reading
  11. Dogs in space
    01:29
    Dogs in space
  12. Box Yourself
    03:44
    Box Yourself
  13. Ideas for books
    02:25
    Ideas for books
  14. Flirting and locker room talk
    06:28
    Flirting and locker room talk
  15. Reading from The Boy Who Made Monsters
    03:08
    Reading from The Boy Who Made Monsters
  16. Using Scotland as a setting
    01:06
    Using Scotland as a setting
  17. Whuppity Stoorie by Lari Don
    16:05
    Whuppity Stoorie by Lari Don
  18. Studio questions
    03:22
    Studio questions
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