A Northern Ireland teacher says he was inspired to pen his first book after reading to his own children at bedtime over the years. Andrew Crooks, Head of Maths in Dunclug College in Ballymena and a dad-of-three, is set to publish ‘My Amazing Bedroom’ just in time for Easter . Married to Anne, dad to three kids - Lucy, 7, five -year-old Scotty, and Jonny, aged one - and living in Portrush, Andrew has been teaching maths for 20 years.
Now he can add the title of published author to his list of achievements. READ MORE: Belfast schoolgirl champions community hero on World Book Day READ MORE: Belfast Giants help schoolgirl hoping to make 3,000 children smile this Easter Having studied Maths and Computer Science at Queen’s University in Belfast, Andrew trained to become a Maths teacher and has been working at Dunclug College for the past 19 years. After reading many bedtime stories to his children over the last seven years and being dismayed by the writing in some of the children's books on the market, Andrew decided to try penning one of his ow
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