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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. Ghosts of Heaven
    02:56
    Ghosts of Heaven
  3. Spirals and cave art
    02:59
    Spirals and cave art
  4. The beginning of writing
    01:47
    The beginning of writing
  5. The teenage brain
    05:51
    The teenage brain
  6. Writing realistically
    01:59
    Writing realistically
  7. Reading
    03:16
    Reading
  8. Into a dark cave
    01:36
    Into a dark cave
  9. Questions near
    05:54
    Questions near
  10. Questions far
    02:42
    Questions far
  11. School days and writing
    07:07
    School days and writing
  12. Why is it important to learn Scots and Gaelic?
    03:10
    Why is it important to learn Scots and Gaelic?
  13. Dragonese
    01:19
    Dragonese
  14. Questions from schools
    05:58
    Questions from schools
  15. Questions from schools
    06:06
    Questions from schools
  16. Noi and his family
    03:19
    Noi and his family
  17. Reading of The Gecko and the Echo
    05:25
    Reading of The Gecko and the Echo
  18. UK schools vs American schools
    02:13
    UK schools vs American schools
  19. Characters
    01:58
    Characters
  20. Draw the Light Ship
    05:16
    Draw the Light Ship
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