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Our Tower reading
Joseph reads his book Our Tower and we can also see the illustrations by Richard Johnson.
  1. Our Tower reading
    06:12
    Our Tower reading
  2. How to be a writer
    02:37
    How to be a writer
  3. Michael Morpurgo's secret
    03:21
    Michael Morpurgo's secret
  4. Sketch it out!
    02:37
    Sketch it out!
  5. Everything is cool!
    04:22
    Everything is cool!
  6. The Elephant in the Garden
    09:18
    The Elephant in the Garden
  7. Q&A with Michael Morpurgo
    07:16
    Q&A with Michael Morpurgo
  8. More Q&A with Michael Morpurgo
    08:33
    More Q&A with Michael Morpurgo
  9. Reading The Gruffalo in Scots
    06:54
    Reading The Gruffalo in Scots
  10. Questions from schools
    06:15
    Questions from schools
  11. What motivates writing and how do you develop ideas?
    04:19
    What motivates writing and how do you develop ideas?
  12. Ideas and inspirational teachers
    05:32
    Ideas and inspirational teachers
  13. Did anyone encourage Ross MacKenzie to write books?
    00:48
    Did anyone encourage Ross MacKenzie to write books?
  14. Pupils' questions
    07:21
    Pupils' questions
  15. Inspiration
    02:14
    Inspiration
  16. The importance of libraries
    08:10
    The importance of libraries
  17. Working with young writers
    01:12
    Working with young writers
  18. Brian’s writing and favourite books
    04:33
    Brian’s writing and favourite books
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