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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. Introducing James
    01:39
    Introducing James
  3. How James got started
    03:33
    How James got started
  4. A pirate picture story
    10:15
    A pirate picture story
  5. Picturing Nessie
    04:01
    Picturing Nessie
  6. Q&A with James Mayhew
    11:26
    Q&A with James Mayhew
  7. Children’s Laureate
    03:24
    Children’s Laureate
  8. Questions from the audience
    05:40
    Questions from the audience
  9. A first science fiction novel
    00:44
    A first science fiction novel
  10. Dealing with Racists
    01:11
    Dealing with Racists
  11. More Cookie Books
    01:04
    More Cookie Books
  12. Cookie’s Brain Busting Quiz
    06:44
    Cookie’s Brain Busting Quiz
  13. Favourite characters and Matthew Henson
    04:28
    Favourite characters and Matthew Henson
  14. Bumble and Snug reading
    04:07
    Bumble and Snug reading
  15. Is it easier or harder to write a trilogy?
    01:45
    Is it easier or harder to write a trilogy?
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