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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. Keeping Up With Michael
    01:39
    Keeping Up With Michael
  10. Questions from Schools
    09:36
    Questions from Schools
  11. Draw the Light Ship
    05:16
    Draw the Light Ship
  12. Studio questions
    03:22
    Studio questions
  13. How to draw a cheetah
    07:21
    How to draw a cheetah
  14. Working with young writers
    01:12
    Working with young writers
  15. The World of the Crossing
    08:03
    The World of the Crossing
  16. The hero birds
    03:03
    The hero birds
  17. Questions from schools
    07:40
    Questions from schools
  18. Discussing illustration
    03:51
    Discussing illustration
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