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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. Simon Cowell
    00:38
    Simon Cowell
  3. Raj
    01:15
    Raj
  4. Characters
    02:09
    Characters
  5. Finishing feelings
    01:20
    Finishing feelings
  6. School dinners
    00:54
    School dinners
  7. Thames
    01:04
    Thames
  8. Favourite book
    02:25
    Favourite book
  9. Next book
    01:00
    Next book
  10. Favourite author
    01:17
    Favourite author
  11. Gangsta Granny
    12:25
    Gangsta Granny
  12. Readers and writers
    06:47
    Readers and writers
  13. Using Scotland as a setting
    01:06
    Using Scotland as a setting
  14. Introducing us to new historical figures
    02:35
    Introducing us to new historical figures
  15. The Black Flamingo
    05:09
    The Black Flamingo
  16. Cookie’s Brain Busting Quiz
    06:44
    Cookie’s Brain Busting Quiz
  17. Reading from Race to the Frozen North
    02:32
    Reading from Race to the Frozen North
  18. Working in Comics
    01:09
    Working in Comics
  19. Finding the bear
    01:06
    Finding the bear
  20. Where monsters come from
    03:38
    Where monsters come from
  21. Phil’s characters
    05:36
    Phil’s characters
  22. Early drawings
    00:49
    Early drawings
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