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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. Scots
    01:14
    Scots
  3. Writing in Scots
    01:54
    Writing in Scots
  4. Minging!
    00:42
    Minging!
  5. Taking on Roald Dahl
    02:40
    Taking on Roald Dahl
  6. The right words
    02:22
    The right words
  7. Quentin Blake
    00:42
    Quentin Blake
  8. A reading in Scots
    02:35
    A reading in Scots
  9. Questions
    01:21
    Questions
  10. More questions
    03:14
    More questions
  11. Even more questions
    03:39
    Even more questions
  12. What Can Boys Learn From This Novel?
    03:02
    What Can Boys Learn From This Novel?
  13. Ideas
    03:35
    Ideas
  14. Dealing with Racists
    01:11
    Dealing with Racists
  15. Chris McQueer – reading
    03:07
    Chris McQueer – reading
  16. Discussing illustration
    03:51
    Discussing illustration
  17. How did you learn to draw?
    00:36
    How did you learn to draw?
  18. Question time
    04:36
    Question time
  19. Question and Answer - Part 2
    04:39
    Question and Answer - Part 2
  20. Tom and Ross on starting to write and draw
    05:14
    Tom and Ross on starting to write and draw
  21. A Dog with Nice Ears
    07:10
    A Dog with Nice Ears
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