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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. 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. Where monsters come from
    03:38
    Where monsters come from
  10. Favourite book
    00:45
    Favourite book
  11. The Otherwhere Emporium reading
    04:21
    The Otherwhere Emporium reading
  12. Questions from Schools
    09:36
    Questions from Schools
  13. Discussing illustration
    03:51
    Discussing illustration
  14. Questions from schools
    08:43
    Questions from schools
  15. More Cookie Books
    01:04
    More Cookie Books
  16. Wordplay
    14:05
    Wordplay
  17. Pets
    00:55
    Pets
  18. Kiran’s writing process
    05:08
    Kiran’s writing process
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