Last June Henry Winkler visited Candleby Lane School in Cotgrave Nottingham as part of the annual First News reading tour with First News editor Nicky Cox. Children now know Henry as the author of the Hank Zipzer books, the various adventures of an underachieving kid. But when I was growing up he was The Fonz the king of cool. Henry has dyslexia and found school difficult but as an actor, author and film director is able to prove to kids that your ability or inability to learn has little to do with how clever you are. Happy Days was one of my favourite programmes when I was a kid and The Fonz was my favourite character. I never thought one day I’d get to meet him never mind be asked to photograph him. He’s a lovely down to earth funny man and OMG it was simply brilliant to meet him.
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