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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. Sue's early influences
    04:42
    Sue's early influences
  10. Writing historical fiction
    03:58
    Writing historical fiction
  11. A sudden idea
    01:52
    A sudden idea
  12. Mental Health
    02:25
    Mental Health
  13. Orion Lost reading
    02:48
    Orion Lost reading
  14. Prez
    01:14
    Prez
  15. School Questions
    05:51
    School Questions
  16. Steven Lenton's illustrations
    00:35
    Steven Lenton's illustrations
  17. Weather and climate
    00:56
    Weather and climate
  18. The Black Flamingo
    05:09
    The Black Flamingo
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