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Themes of books
Tom discusses why he focuses on feelings and emotions in his books.
  1. Themes of books
    03:14
    Themes of books
  2. The Egyptian Empire
    16:39
    The Egyptian Empire
  3. The British Empire
    04:33
    The British Empire
  4. The World Wars
    07:23
    The World Wars
  5. Weird and Wonderful Inventors
    02:32
    Weird and Wonderful Inventors
  6. The Black Flamingo
    05:09
    The Black Flamingo
  7. Questions from schools
    05:22
    Questions from schools
  8. What's Sputnik up to?
    00:32
    What's Sputnik up to?
  9. This is a democracy
    00:39
    This is a democracy
  10. The life of Matthew Henson
    08:12
    The life of Matthew Henson
  11. The Otherwhere Emporium reading
    04:21
    The Otherwhere Emporium reading
  12. Reading from The Infinite
    05:46
    Reading from The Infinite
  13. Working with an illustrator
    02:38
    Working with an illustrator
  14. Reading from Maddy Yip's guide to life
    09:49
    Reading from Maddy Yip's guide to life
  15. A question from Freya.
    01:00
    A question from Freya.
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