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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. Introducing Liz Pichon
    02:09
    Introducing Liz Pichon
  3. Tom Gates and his mates
    04:05
    Tom Gates and his mates
  4. Meet the Gates
    02:18
    Meet the Gates
  5. Through the keyhole
    01:18
    Through the keyhole
  6. Monster draw
    05:42
    Monster draw
  7. Reading
    03:48
    Reading
  8. Doodle with Liz
    09:19
    Doodle with Liz
  9. Questions
    06:13
    Questions
  10. The real world and the fictional world
    11:22
    The real world and the fictional world
  11. Questions from schools
    07:40
    Questions from schools
  12. Working with young writers
    01:12
    Working with young writers
  13. Questions from the audience
    09:53
    Questions from the audience
  14. Tom on his illustrations
    05:00
    Tom on his illustrations
  15. Favourite characters and Matthew Henson
    04:28
    Favourite characters and Matthew Henson
  16. My Heart
    01:52
    My Heart
  17. Our Tower reading
    06:12
    Our Tower reading
  18. How do you come up with names for your characters?
    01:09
    How do you come up with names for your characters?
  19. Book Introduction
    01:20
    Book Introduction
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