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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. Sport brings us together
    02:36
    Sport brings us together
  12. Going around gardens!
    03:12
    Going around gardens!
  13. The life of Matthew Henson
    08:12
    The life of Matthew Henson
  14. Emily's Books
    02:27
    Emily's Books
  15. Twitch reading
    05:36
    Twitch reading
  16. Ideas for books
    02:25
    Ideas for books
  17. Reading of The Gecko and the Echo
    05:25
    Reading of The Gecko and the Echo
  18. Cardboard Cowboys reading
    05:01
    Cardboard Cowboys reading
  19. Steven Lenton's illustrations
    00:35
    Steven Lenton's illustrations
  20. Myths and Monsters
    11:48
    Myths and Monsters
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