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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?
  2. Move it
    00:51
    Move it
  3. My dad knows everything
    04:26
    My dad knows everything
  4. Return of the bendy, bendy toothbrush
    05:50
    Return of the bendy, bendy toothbrush
  5. The noise!
    03:52
    The noise!
  6. The space
    01:18
    The space
  7. What is your favourite piece of work that you've written? What is your most treasured possession?
    03:19
    What is your favourite piece of work that you've written? What is your most treasured possession?
  8. Where do you get your ideas from? What is a poem?
    04:33
    Where do you get your ideas from? What is a poem?
  9. Discovering New Words
    03:16
    Discovering New Words
  10. Reading from 'The Places I've Cried in Public'
    04:53
    Reading from 'The Places I've Cried in Public'
  11. What Can Boys Learn From This Novel?
    03:02
    What Can Boys Learn From This Novel?
  12. Reading The Gruffalo in Scots
    06:54
    Reading The Gruffalo in Scots
  13. Desert island books
    02:27
    Desert island books
  14. Being Children’s Laureate
    05:08
    Being Children’s Laureate
  15. A novel in verse
    01:02
    A novel in verse
  16. Questions from schools
    05:40
    Questions from schools
  17. Birdspotting Quiz
    05:46
    Birdspotting Quiz
  18. The right words in the right order
    02:38
    The right words in the right order
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