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  • The Other Side of the Dale

    by Gervase Phinn ...
    Take a trip to the country with Gervase Phinn's heartwarming tales of life as a school inspector in Yorkshire'Gervase Phinn's memoirs have made him a hero in school staff-rooms' Daily Telegraph_______As the newly appointed County Inspector of Schools in North Yorkshire, Gervase Phinn reveals in this warm and wonderfully humorous account, the experiences of his first year in the job - and what an ... Read more

    $10.79 USD

  • Up and Down in the Dales

    by Gervase Phinn ...
    Escape to the country with Gervase Phinn's heartwarming tales of life as a school inspector in Yorkshire'Gervase Phinn's memoirs have made him a hero in school staff-rooms' Daily Telegraph______What's your name? I asked the child.'Tequila,' she replied. I'm named after a drink.''Tequila Sunrise,' I murmured.'No,' pouted the child. 'Tequila Braithwaite.'Now in h... ... Read more

    $10.79 USD

  • Over Hill and Dale

    by Gervase Phinn ...
    Over Hill and Dale is the second volume in Gervase Phinn's bestselling Dales series.'Miss, who's that funny man at the back of the classroom?So begins school-inspector Gervase Phinn's second year among the frankly spoken pupils and teachers of North Yorkshire - the sight of Gervase with his notebook and pen provokes unexpected reactions from the children and adults alike.But Gervase is far from ... Read more

    $11.59 USD

  • Chalk Dust and New Chapters

    A BRAND NEW charming 1950s Yorkshire tale of compassion, community and romance

    by Gervase Phinn ...
    Summer term, 1956. For boys and girls, primary school days mean blackboards and chalk dust, pinafores and short trousers, satchels and skipping ropes.For talented teacher Helen Mercer, returning to her home county of Yorkshire and working in a supply role, it’s a term of being sent wherever there’s a gap to fill, and getting to grips with idiosyncratic head teachers, eccentric colleagues and new ... Read more

    $3.99 USD

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  • The Heart of the Dales

    by Gervase Phinn ...
    Escape to the country with Gervase Phinn's heartwarming tales of life as a school inspector in Yorkshire'Gervase Phinn's memoirs have made him a hero in school staff-rooms' Daily TelegraphHis colourful cast of characters have become firm favourites: the mostly mad staff at County Hall, as well as the children themselves, who find ways of embarrassing the school inspectors with innocent ease.In The ... Read more

    $10.79 USD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Head Over Heels in the Dales

    by Gervase Phinn ...
    Join Gervase Phinn in the classroom where he faces his greatest challenge: keeping a straight face as teachers and children alike conspire to have him laughing out loud . . .'So funny, it will echo things that happen in your own life' 5***** Reader Review'A wonderful, entertaining and enjoyable read. The humour is infectious' 5***** Reader Review______'Could you tell me how to spell "sex" please?' ... Read more

    $10.79 USD

  • Road to the Dales

    The Story of a Yorkshire Lad

    by Gervase Phinn ...
    A unique look into the childhood experiences of Gervase Phinn in Road to the Dales.Gervase tells of a life full of happiness, conversation, music and books shared with his three siblings, mother and father. This book is a snapshot of growing up in Yorkshire in the 1950s - reminisce with Gervase, and share in his personal journey - of school days and holidays as well as his tentative steps into the ... Read more

    $11.59 USD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Teaching Poetry in the Primary Classroom

    by Gervase Phinn ...
    When asked by the school inspector what he thought of poetry, an eleven year old replied that "it's all la-dida and daffodils, isn't it?" In his primary school the boy had come across very little poetry apart from nursery rhymes, snatches of rhyming verse and a few comic pieces and nonsense poems. Poetry to him was something arcane, not really related to his own life. He had studied no powerful, ... Read more

    $24.59 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The School at the Top of the Dale

    Book 1 in bestselling author Gervase Phinn's beautiful new Top of The Dale series

    by Gervase Phinn ...
    Series Book 1 - Top of the Dale
    '[Gervase Phinn is] a worthy successor to James Herriott, and every bit as endearing.' - bestselling author Alan TitchmarshNewly qualified teacher Tom Dwyer has been given his first post in Risingdale, a sleepy little village at the very top of the Yorkshire Dales. Unsure if he'll ever fit into this close-knit community, Tom joins a motley staff at the village school. With pupils who know more ... Read more

    $4.99 USD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Bad Becky in Trouble

    by Gervase Phinn ...
    Bad Becky is cheeky (but charming), opinionated and always in some kind of trouble. But you can't help loving her! I mean wouldn't you rather hear a story about a princess who gets gobbled up by the dragon rather than another soppy one wher the prince saves the princess? And if a magician at a party was rubbish wouldn't you point it out? And who wants their horrible Great Aunt Mildred visiting? So ... Read more

    $6.19 USD

  • Satchels and Second Chances

    by Gervase Phinn ...
    The next BRAND NEW nostalgic, feel-good novel from Sunday Times bestselling author Gervase Phinn.'Gervase Phinn has a unique understanding of children and a glorious sense of humour which make his books much loved best sellers. I’m a huge fan.' Esther RantzenYorkshire, 1956. When Helen Mercer takes on the role of head teacher at Brightbrook Junior School, she is met with peeling paint, broken ... Read more

    $4.99 USD

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  • A Load of Old Tripe

    by Gervase Phinn ...
    For eleven-year old James Joseph Johnson (or Jimmy for short) life is not always straightforward. In fact, things can be quite complicated, and don't always turn out as he'd planned . . .Born in 1946, Jimmy lives with his Mum and Dad in a shiny red brick terraced house in South Yorkshire near the steel works. Sometimes the air is thick and metallic tasting, with bits of soot floating around like ... Read more

    $11.59 USD