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About Our Tower
Growing up in a tower block provided the inspiration for a magical storybook.
  1. About Our Tower
    04:05
    About Our Tower
  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. Hand on the Bridge
    02:28
    Hand on the Bridge
  10. Questions from the audience
    05:40
    Questions from the audience
  11. Questions from Linlithgow Academy
    05:02
    Questions from Linlithgow Academy
  12. Becoming an Author
    00:58
    Becoming an Author
  13. Draw Goldy the Gecko
    04:43
    Draw Goldy the Gecko
  14. Why comics matter
    06:03
    Why comics matter
  15. How Does Your Own Personal Experience Shape Your Writing?
    02:32
    How Does Your Own Personal Experience Shape Your Writing?
  16. How to Train Your Dragon reading
    04:38
    How to Train Your Dragon reading
  17. Tom and Ross on starting to write and draw
    05:14
    Tom and Ross on starting to write and draw
  18. The Crackledawn Dragon
    02:10
    The Crackledawn Dragon
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