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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. Move it
    00:51
    Move it
  3. My dad knows everything
    04:26
    My dad knows everything
  4. Return of the bendy, bendy toothbrush
    05:50
    Return of the bendy, bendy toothbrush
  5. The noise!
    03:52
    The noise!
  6. The space
    01:18
    The space
  7. What is your favourite piece of work that you've written? What is your most treasured possession?
    03:19
    What is your favourite piece of work that you've written? What is your most treasured possession?
  8. Where do you get your ideas from? What is a poem?
    04:33
    Where do you get your ideas from? What is a poem?
  9. The World of the Crossing
    08:03
    The World of the Crossing
  10. How do you come up with names for your characters?
    01:09
    How do you come up with names for your characters?
  11. Dealing with Racists
    01:11
    Dealing with Racists
  12. Questions and Answers
    06:15
    Questions and Answers
  13. Questions from schools
    04:02
    Questions from schools
  14. Early drawings
    00:49
    Early drawings
  15. Studio questions
    03:22
    Studio questions
  16. 100 Words on Friendship
    01:14
    100 Words on Friendship
  17. Gil's bug hospital
    05:28
    Gil's bug hospital
  18. Names and Questions
    07:57
    Names and Questions
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