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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. Introducing The Black Flamingo
    00:27
    Introducing The Black Flamingo
  10. Dogs in space
    01:29
    Dogs in space
  11. Social media and influencers
    03:10
    Social media and influencers
  12. Chocolate Cake
    07:56
    Chocolate Cake
  13. Keeping Up With Michael
    01:39
    Keeping Up With Michael
  14. Early drawings
    00:49
    Early drawings
  15. How Books Start
    06:40
    How Books Start
  16. Reluctant reader to avid writer
    08:03
    Reluctant reader to avid writer
  17. Cuiken Primary film
    03:02
    Cuiken Primary film
  18. Reading from 'Daisy on the Outer Line'
    06:17
    Reading from 'Daisy on the Outer Line'
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