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Introducing The Black Flamingo
Dean describes his novel in verse, The Black Flamingo.
  1. Introducing The Black Flamingo
    00:27
    Introducing The Black Flamingo
  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. How to Draw Eric Dynamite
    08:33
    How to Draw Eric Dynamite
  10. Question and Answer - Part 1
    05:57
    Question and Answer - Part 1
  11. Ideas and inspirational teachers
    05:32
    Ideas and inspirational teachers
  12. The Black Flamingo
    05:09
    The Black Flamingo
  13. Questions from schools
    04:02
    Questions from schools
  14. Nadine Aisha Jassat – poetry reading
    03:11
    Nadine Aisha Jassat – poetry reading
  15. Stories and puzzles
    01:34
    Stories and puzzles
  16. Reading of The River
    04:08
    Reading of The River
  17. Reading from 'Daisy on the Outer Line'
    06:17
    Reading from 'Daisy on the Outer Line'
  18. Joyful Poetry
    00:53
    Joyful Poetry
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