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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. 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. Questions from schools
    07:40
    Questions from schools
  10. Introducing The Black Flamingo
    00:27
    Introducing The Black Flamingo
  11. Brian’s writing and favourite books
    04:33
    Brian’s writing and favourite books
  12. Making the change
    03:33
    Making the change
  13. Diving Poem
    02:24
    Diving Poem
  14. Wordplay
    14:05
    Wordplay
  15. Reading from 'Luna Loves Dance'
    04:56
    Reading from 'Luna Loves Dance'
  16. How to Draw Granville's Head
    04:23
    How to Draw Granville's Head
  17. Draw the Light Ship
    05:16
    Draw the Light Ship
  18. Keep going!
    01:28
    Keep going!
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