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The hero birds
Authors Live with MG Leonard
  1. The hero birds
    03:03
    The hero birds
  2. Scots
    01:14
    Scots
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  3. Writing in Scots
    01:54
    Writing in Scots
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  4. Minging!
    00:42
    Minging!
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  5. Taking on Roald Dahl
    02:40
    Taking on Roald Dahl
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  6. The right words
    02:22
    The right words
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  7. Quentin Blake
    00:42
    Quentin Blake
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  8. A reading in Scots
    02:35
    A reading in Scots
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  9. Questions
    01:21
    Questions
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  10. More questions
    03:14
    More questions
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  11. Even more questions
    03:39
    Even more questions
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  12. Reading from The Boy Who Made Monsters
    03:08
    Reading from The Boy Who Made Monsters
  13. Making the change
    03:33
    Making the change
  14. Questions from Linlithgow Academy
    05:02
    Questions from Linlithgow Academy
  15. Konnie Reads From Cookie and the Most Annoying Boy in the World
    05:18
    Konnie Reads From Cookie and the Most Annoying Boy in the World
  16. Working with young writers
    01:12
    Working with young writers
  17. Introducing Cookie
    04:11
    Introducing Cookie
  18. Hercules Song
    01:56
    Hercules Song
  19. Weather and climate
    00:56
    Weather and climate
  20. Diving Poem
    02:24
    Diving Poem
  21. Pupils' questions
    07:21
    Pupils' questions
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