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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. The life of Matthew Henson
    08:12
    The life of Matthew Henson
  8. Dealing with Racists
    01:11
    Dealing with Racists
  9. Writing historical fiction
    03:58
    Writing historical fiction
  10. A question from Blake
    01:15
    A question from Blake
  11. Inspirations and Escaped Terrapin
    08:22
    Inspirations and Escaped Terrapin
  12. Birdspotting Quiz
    05:46
    Birdspotting Quiz
  13. Weather and climate
    00:56
    Weather and climate
  14. Draw the Light Ship
    05:16
    Draw the Light Ship
  15. Introducing us to new historical figures
    02:35
    Introducing us to new historical figures
  16. Cracking questions
    02:08
    Cracking questions
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