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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. How to be a writer
    02:37
    How to be a writer
  3. Michael Morpurgo's secret
    03:21
    Michael Morpurgo's secret
  4. Sketch it out!
    02:37
    Sketch it out!
  5. Everything is cool!
    04:22
    Everything is cool!
  6. The Elephant in the Garden
    09:18
    The Elephant in the Garden
  7. Q&A with Michael Morpurgo
    07:16
    Q&A with Michael Morpurgo
  8. More Q&A with Michael Morpurgo
    08:33
    More Q&A with Michael Morpurgo
  9. Questions and Answers
    06:15
    Questions and Answers
  10. How did you plan the structure of the novel?
    02:38
    How did you plan the structure of the novel?
  11. No Breathing in Class
    04:08
    No Breathing in Class
  12. What is the Nowhere Emporium?
    00:45
    What is the Nowhere Emporium?
  13. Inspirations and Escaped Terrapin
    08:22
    Inspirations and Escaped Terrapin
  14. Inspired by travelling
    14:41
    Inspired by travelling
  15. Drawing Bugbops
    10:18
    Drawing Bugbops
  16. Reading The Gruffalo in Gaelic
    07:30
    Reading The Gruffalo in Gaelic
  17. Inspiration
    02:14
    Inspiration
  18. The right words in the right order
    02:38
    The right words in the right order
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