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Favourite characters and Matthew Henson
Catherine talks about the characters in her books and the real people who inspired them.
  1. Favourite characters and Matthew Henson
    04:28
    Favourite characters and Matthew Henson
  2. Enthusiasm for Scots and Gaelic
    02:52
    Enthusiasm for Scots and Gaelic
  3. Why is it important to learn Scots and Gaelic?
    03:10
    Why is it important to learn Scots and Gaelic?
  4. Reading The Gruffalo in Scots
    06:54
    Reading The Gruffalo in Scots
  5. Reading The Gruffalo in Gaelic
    07:30
    Reading The Gruffalo in Gaelic
  6. Translating into Gaelic
    00:53
    Translating into Gaelic
  7. Discovering New Words
    03:16
    Discovering New Words
  8. Favourite Scots Words
    04:20
    Favourite Scots Words
  9. Cuiken Primary film
    03:02
    Cuiken Primary film
  10. Writing Fiction
    01:29
    Writing Fiction
  11. Questions from schools
    05:22
    Questions from schools
  12. Don't Kvetch
    01:55
    Don't Kvetch
  13. Desert island books
    02:27
    Desert island books
  14. The Undefeated
    01:19
    The Undefeated
  15. Why comics matter
    06:03
    Why comics matter
  16. Questions from Schools
    09:36
    Questions from Schools
  17. Diving Poem
    02:24
    Diving Poem
  18. Scrapbooks and plans
    05:43
    Scrapbooks and plans
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