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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. Reading of The River
    04:08
    Reading of The River
  10. Questions from schools
    05:40
    Questions from schools
  11. Cardboard Cowboys reading
    05:01
    Cardboard Cowboys reading
  12. A reading from Elizabeth
    02:18
    A reading from Elizabeth
  13. Drawing Bugbops
    10:18
    Drawing Bugbops
  14. Whuppity Stoorie by Lari Don
    16:05
    Whuppity Stoorie by Lari Don
  15. Box Yourself
    03:44
    Box Yourself
  16. Writing the Twitchers
    05:00
    Writing the Twitchers
  17. Questions from schools
    06:06
    Questions from schools
  18. Self-Defence
    02:59
    Self-Defence
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