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Themes of books
Tom discusses why he focuses on feelings and emotions in his books.
  1. Themes of books
    03:14
    Themes of books
  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. Sputnik
    00:55
    Sputnik
  10. Questions from schools
    08:43
    Questions from schools
  11. Question time
    04:36
    Question time
  12. How to draw a cheetah
    07:21
    How to draw a cheetah
  13. Introducing Wain
    00:21
    Introducing Wain
  14. Kiran’s writing process
    05:08
    Kiran’s writing process
  15. Process of illustration and writing
    01:40
    Process of illustration and writing
  16. Inspirations and Escaped Terrapin
    08:22
    Inspirations and Escaped Terrapin
  17. We are all storytellers
    05:27
    We are all storytellers
  18. Final thoughts
    01:33
    Final thoughts
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