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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. Simon Cowell
    00:38
    Simon Cowell
  3. Raj
    01:15
    Raj
  4. Characters
    02:09
    Characters
  5. Finishing feelings
    01:20
    Finishing feelings
  6. School dinners
    00:54
    School dinners
  7. Thames
    01:04
    Thames
  8. Favourite book
    02:25
    Favourite book
  9. Next book
    01:00
    Next book
  10. Favourite author
    01:17
    Favourite author
  11. Gangsta Granny
    12:25
    Gangsta Granny
  12. Readers and writers
    06:47
    Readers and writers
  13. Orion Lost reading
    02:48
    Orion Lost reading
  14. The origins of 'Lads'
    06:09
    The origins of 'Lads'
  15. A question of inspiration
    02:51
    A question of inspiration
  16. Tom on his illustrations
    05:00
    Tom on his illustrations
  17. Discovering New Words
    03:16
    Discovering New Words
  18. Persistence
    01:24
    Persistence
  19. A Dog with Nice Ears
    07:10
    A Dog with Nice Ears
  20. Reading from The Crossing
    04:47
    Reading from The Crossing
  21. The life of Matthew Henson
    08:12
    The life of Matthew Henson
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