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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 James
    01:39
    Introducing James
  3. How James got started
    03:33
    How James got started
  4. A pirate picture story
    10:15
    A pirate picture story
  5. Picturing Nessie
    04:01
    Picturing Nessie
  6. Q&A with James Mayhew
    11:26
    Q&A with James Mayhew
  7. Down Behind The Dustbin
    02:41
    Down Behind The Dustbin
  8. Draw Noi and his dad
    10:03
    Draw Noi and his dad
  9. Introducing Cookie
    04:11
    Introducing Cookie
  10. A reading from Elizabeth
    02:18
    A reading from Elizabeth
  11. Slugs and Brain Pâté
    11:48
    Slugs and Brain Pâté
  12. Becoming an Author
    00:58
    Becoming an Author
  13. Book Introduction
    01:20
    Book Introduction
  14. Discovering New Words
    03:16
    Discovering New Words
  15. Reading from 'The Places I've Cried in Public'
    04:53
    Reading from 'The Places I've Cried in Public'
  16. Children’s Laureate
    03:24
    Children’s Laureate
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