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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. The life of Matthew Henson
    08:12
    The life of Matthew Henson
  10. Crackledawn
    02:08
    Crackledawn
  11. Have a go!
    01:10
    Have a go!
  12. Questions from schools
    06:06
    Questions from schools
  13. Draw the Light Ship
    05:16
    Draw the Light Ship
  14. Creating a Poem
    08:58
    Creating a Poem
  15. The right words in the right order
    02:38
    The right words in the right order
  16. Daisy on the Outer Line
    02:34
    Daisy on the Outer Line
  17. Discussing illustration
    03:51
    Discussing illustration
  18. Schools questions
    09:55
    Schools questions
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