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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. Steven Lenton's illustrations
    00:35
    Steven Lenton's illustrations
  10. How to Draw Granville's Head
    04:23
    How to Draw Granville's Head
  11. The life of Matthew Henson
    08:12
    The life of Matthew Henson
  12. Questions from schools
    06:15
    Questions from schools
  13. Why comics matter
    06:03
    Why comics matter
  14. Health and Medicine
    04:36
    Health and Medicine
  15. School days and writing
    07:07
    School days and writing
  16. Sport brings us together
    02:36
    Sport brings us together
  17. Pupils' questions
    07:21
    Pupils' questions
  18. A first science fiction novel
    00:44
    A first science fiction novel
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