I love bread and also got into making it myself from scratch with kneading by hand. I even got to the point of keeping my own yeast colony (his name was Ralph) in the fridge for my sourdough. I used this book when getting started and found it incredibly helpful.
Biggest thing I learned: don't over knead and don't add too much flour.
"Beard on Bread" was my start, lots of good advice and ideas in there.