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How to Train Your Dragon reading
Cressida reads an extract from her most famous book
  1. How to Train Your Dragon reading
    04:38
    How to Train Your Dragon reading
  2. Ghosts of Heaven
    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
  11. What motivates writing and how do you develop ideas?
    04:19
    What motivates writing and how do you develop ideas?
  12. The origins of 'Lads'
    06:09
    The origins of 'Lads'
  13. A question of inspiration
    02:51
    A question of inspiration
  14. Phil’s characters
    05:36
    Phil’s characters
  15. Sue's presentation
    11:34
    Sue's presentation
  16. The World of the Crossing
    08:03
    The World of the Crossing
  17. Why is it important to learn Scots and Gaelic?
    03:10
    Why is it important to learn Scots and Gaelic?
  18. Where The Heart Should Be
    06:14
    Where The Heart Should Be
  19. Questions from schools
    06:15
    Questions from schools
  20. Room on the Broom in Scots
    08:13
    Room on the Broom in Scots
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