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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. A bit of a read
    04:28
    A bit of a read
  10. Reading from The Boy Who Made Monsters
    03:08
    Reading from The Boy Who Made Monsters
  11. Reading from The Boxer
    01:42
    Reading from The Boxer
  12. Re-imagining Scottish folklore
    01:48
    Re-imagining Scottish folklore
  13. How to Train Your Dragon reading
    04:38
    How to Train Your Dragon reading
  14. The importance of libraries
    08:10
    The importance of libraries
  15. Introducing us to new historical figures
    02:35
    Introducing us to new historical figures
  16. Cat Hepburn – poetry reading
    03:40
    Cat Hepburn – poetry reading
  17. Questions from Schools
    09:36
    Questions from Schools
  18. Books and confidence
    01:08
    Books and confidence
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