Avid Children's Book Collector

By Paul Heaton

I am an avid book collector, and I owe it all to my infant school teacher Mrs Beswick. She read to us every day, Mrs Pepperpot, The Moomins, The Little Wooden Horse; these books remain in my memory, and I still read them today. We also read the 60D Ladybird books.

When you have a school teacher that was as good as reading as Mrs Beswick, you can change a child's life forever with books.

I have all the books that I grew up with, and these are just a few of the early reading days. Kids books are ace.