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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. The Black Flamingo
    05:09
    The Black Flamingo
  10. Rachel’s books and inspirations
    06:29
    Rachel’s books and inspirations
  11. Wizards of Once reading
    04:24
    Wizards of Once reading
  12. What is the Nowhere Emporium?
    00:45
    What is the Nowhere Emporium?
  13. Chat with Comic Artist Tanya Roberts
    02:48
    Chat with Comic Artist Tanya Roberts
  14. Questions from schools
    08:43
    Questions from schools
  15. Cracking questions
    02:08
    Cracking questions
  16. Themes of books
    03:14
    Themes of books
  17. Forrester High's 2048 Predictions
    02:35
    Forrester High's 2048 Predictions
  18. Children’s Laureate
    03:24
    Children’s Laureate
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