Books on a bus

I have been a voracious reader since I was about 3 years old and first learned. Books were an escape for me and a comfort and I would tear through them when I was a child, at a rate of almost one a day. Which was always encouraged by my parents but also a tiny bit of a problem as we weren't that well off. So the library became an essential part of my life when I was growing up.

During the summer holidays visiting the library bus was the highlight of my week. It was always on a Wednesday morning and we got to know the two staff members - Rosie and a man whose name I can't remember - very well. They essentially watched me grow up. They got to know the types of books I liked and would always make me great recommendations. I loved the summer library challenges as well although I did tend to complete it after the first week and get all the stickers and stamps and little prizes all in one go. When I was a teenager, I volunteered at Bognor Library during the summer to help out with the reading challenge that I'd so enjoyed as a child myself and I loved that I was suddenly working with the staff members I'd looked up to for all those years.