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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. Move it
    00:51
    Move it
  3. My dad knows everything
    04:26
    My dad knows everything
  4. Return of the bendy, bendy toothbrush
    05:50
    Return of the bendy, bendy toothbrush
  5. The noise!
    03:52
    The noise!
  6. The space
    01:18
    The space
  7. What is your favourite piece of work that you've written? What is your most treasured possession?
    03:19
    What is your favourite piece of work that you've written? What is your most treasured possession?
  8. Where do you get your ideas from? What is a poem?
    04:33
    Where do you get your ideas from? What is a poem?
  9. UK schools vs American schools
    02:13
    UK schools vs American schools
  10. Draw along
    10:28
    Draw along
  11. Health and Medicine
    04:36
    Health and Medicine
  12. Drawing Bugbops
    10:18
    Drawing Bugbops
  13. Reading from The Boy Who Made Monsters
    03:08
    Reading from The Boy Who Made Monsters
  14. Questions from schools
    06:40
    Questions from schools
  15. A reading from Elizabeth
    02:18
    A reading from Elizabeth
  16. A question about Charlie and Lola
    01:44
    A question about Charlie and Lola
  17. Tom on his illustrations
    05:00
    Tom on his illustrations
  18. Why comics matter
    06:03
    Why comics matter
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