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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. 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. Inspiration
    02:14
    Inspiration
  10. Pets
    00:55
    Pets
  11. A sudden idea
    01:52
    A sudden idea
  12. Reading of The Gecko and the Echo
    05:25
    Reading of The Gecko and the Echo
  13. Sport brings us together
    02:36
    Sport brings us together
  14. Process of illustration and writing
    01:40
    Process of illustration and writing
  15. Questions from the audience
    05:40
    Questions from the audience
  16. Schools questions
    09:55
    Schools questions
  17. Respecting each other
    01:57
    Respecting each other
  18. Bumble and Snug reading
    04:07
    Bumble and Snug reading
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