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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. Prez
    01:14
    Prez
  10. Phil’s presentation
    21:56
    Phil’s presentation
  11. There’s Nothing Cuter Than A Puppy
    06:17
    There’s Nothing Cuter Than A Puppy
  12. Tom and Ross on starting to write and draw
    05:14
    Tom and Ross on starting to write and draw
  13. Questions and Answers
    06:15
    Questions and Answers
  14. How Books Start
    06:40
    How Books Start
  15. Questions from schools
    05:58
    Questions from schools
  16. Elle and the characters of The Infinite
    04:35
    Elle and the characters of The Infinite
  17. The life of Matthew Henson
    08:12
    The life of Matthew Henson
  18. Poet recommendations
    02:45
    Poet recommendations
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