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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. Book Introduction
    01:20
    Book Introduction
  3. Reading from The Boxer
    01:42
    Reading from The Boxer
  4. How to Start Writing a Book
    06:40
    How to Start Writing a Book
  5. It Does Matter
    02:17
    It Does Matter
  6. Dealing with Racists
    01:11
    Dealing with Racists
  7. Taking Up Boxing
    03:04
    Taking Up Boxing
  8. Box Yourself
    03:44
    Box Yourself
  9. Self-Defence
    02:59
    Self-Defence
  10. Reading from The Boxer - Part 2
    04:07
    Reading from The Boxer - Part 2
  11. Question and Answer - Part 1
    05:57
    Question and Answer - Part 1
  12. Question and Answer - Part 2
    04:39
    Question and Answer - Part 2
  13. Discussing illustration
    03:51
    Discussing illustration
  14. Reading of The Squirrels Who Squabbled
    03:47
    Reading of The Squirrels Who Squabbled
  15. Comics
    04:26
    Comics
  16. Drawing Fruit and Veg
    04:16
    Drawing Fruit and Veg
  17. Scottish words and questions from schools
    08:09
    Scottish words and questions from schools
  18. Would any of your characters make a good therapet?
    01:05
    Would any of your characters make a good therapet?
  19. Wordplay
    14:05
    Wordplay
  20. Stories are people
    01:59
    Stories are people
  21. More questions
    01:42
    More questions
  22. The Black Flamingo
    05:09
    The Black Flamingo
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