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Room on the Broom in Scots
James Robertson reads his version of the Julia Donaldson classic in Scots.
  1. Room on the Broom in Scots
    08:13
    Room on the Broom in Scots
  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. How Does Your Own Personal Experience Shape Your Writing?
    02:32
    How Does Your Own Personal Experience Shape Your Writing?
  13. Themes of books
    03:14
    Themes of books
  14. Pets
    00:55
    Pets
  15. Ideas
    03:35
    Ideas
  16. Writing Haikus
    08:00
    Writing Haikus
  17. Reading from 'The Places I've Cried in Public'
    04:53
    Reading from 'The Places I've Cried in Public'
  18. There's Broccoli in my Ice Cream! - Part 2
    04:25
    There's Broccoli in my Ice Cream! - Part 2
  19. Translating into Gaelic
    00:53
    Translating into Gaelic
  20. Discovering New Words
    03:16
    Discovering New Words
  21. Have a go!
    01:10
    Have a go!
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