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Orion Lost reading
Alastair reads a section of his new book Orion Lost
  1. Orion Lost reading
    02:48
    Orion Lost reading
  2. Enthusiasm for Scots and Gaelic
    02:52
    Enthusiasm for Scots and Gaelic
    View More From The Gruffalo’s 20th Birthday
  3. Why is it important to learn Scots and Gaelic?
    03:10
    Why is it important to learn Scots and Gaelic?
    View More From The Gruffalo’s 20th Birthday
  4. Reading The Gruffalo in Scots
    06:54
    Reading The Gruffalo in Scots
    View More From The Gruffalo’s 20th Birthday
  5. Reading The Gruffalo in Gaelic
    07:30
    Reading The Gruffalo in Gaelic
    View More From The Gruffalo’s 20th Birthday
  6. Translating into Gaelic
    00:53
    Translating into Gaelic
    View More From The Gruffalo’s 20th Birthday
  7. Discovering New Words
    03:16
    Discovering New Words
    View More From The Gruffalo’s 20th Birthday
  8. Favourite Scots Words
    04:20
    Favourite Scots Words
    View More From The Gruffalo’s 20th Birthday
  9. Phil’s characters
    05:36
    Phil’s characters
  10. Diving Poem
    02:24
    Diving Poem
  11. Cookie’s Brain Busting Quiz
    06:44
    Cookie’s Brain Busting Quiz
  12. Inspired by travelling
    14:41
    Inspired by travelling
  13. Final thoughts
    01:33
    Final thoughts
  14. A reading from Elizabeth
    02:18
    A reading from Elizabeth
  15. Reading from The Crossing
    04:47
    Reading from The Crossing
  16. How do you come up with names for your characters?
    01:09
    How do you come up with names for your characters?
  17. Noi and his family
    03:19
    Noi and his family
  18. Scrapbooks and plans
    05:43
    Scrapbooks and plans
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