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Why is it important to learn Scots and Gaelic?
Catriona and James explain why language is all about who we are.
  1. Why is it important to learn Scots and Gaelic?
    03:10
    Why is it important to learn Scots and Gaelic?
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    02:56
    Ghosts of Heaven
  3. Spirals and cave art
    02:59
    Spirals and cave art
  4. The beginning of writing
    01:47
    The beginning of writing
  5. The teenage brain
    05:51
    The teenage brain
  6. Writing realistically
    01:59
    Writing realistically
  7. Reading
    03:16
    Reading
  8. Into a dark cave
    01:36
    Into a dark cave
  9. Questions near
    05:54
    Questions near
  10. Questions far
    02:42
    Questions far
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    How Books Start
  12. Writing the Twitchers
    05:00
    Writing the Twitchers
  13. Introducing Wain
    00:21
    Introducing Wain
  14. Draw Goldy the Gecko
    04:43
    Draw Goldy the Gecko
  15. Balloons!
    02:59
    Balloons!
  16. Ideas
    03:35
    Ideas
  17. Wizards of Once reading
    04:24
    Wizards of Once reading
  18. Rewilding and creating a space for nature
    09:01
    Rewilding and creating a space for nature
  19. Reading from The Boy Who Made Monsters
    03:08
    Reading from The Boy Who Made Monsters
  20. Rachel’s books and inspirations
    06:29
    Rachel’s books and inspirations
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