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Themes of books
Tom discusses why he focuses on feelings and emotions in his books.
  1. Themes of books
    03:14
    Themes of books
  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. School days
    03:57
    School days
  10. Reading from The Crossing
    04:47
    Reading from The Crossing
  11. Hand on the Bridge
    02:28
    Hand on the Bridge
  12. Toxic Relationships
    04:42
    Toxic Relationships
  13. There’s Nothing Faster Than a Cheetah
    03:53
    There’s Nothing Faster Than a Cheetah
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    08:12
    The life of Matthew Henson
  15. The Black Flamingo
    05:09
    The Black Flamingo
  16. Book Introduction
    01:20
    Book Introduction
  17. Tom and Ross on starting to write and draw
    05:14
    Tom and Ross on starting to write and draw
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