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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. Steven Lenton's illustrations
    00:35
    Steven Lenton's illustrations
  10. Reading from The Infinite
    05:46
    Reading from The Infinite
  11. Studio questions
    02:06
    Studio questions
  12. Fan fiction of your life!
    01:05
    Fan fiction of your life!
  13. Gil's bug hospital
    05:28
    Gil's bug hospital
  14. Noi and his family
    03:19
    Noi and his family
  15. Questions from schools
    08:43
    Questions from schools
  16. Draw Noi and his dad
    10:03
    Draw Noi and his dad
  17. Y is for Young Adult
    03:43
    Y is for Young Adult
  18. Birdspotting Quiz
    05:46
    Birdspotting Quiz
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