"Gervase Phinn reveals his early experiences as a school inspector in The Other Side of the Dale. 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 j...
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Elisabeth Devine is something of a mystery. Why should a highly successful head teacher of an inner-city primary school move to a small rural school in the Yorkshire Dales to face so many challenges?
After hatching out of his egg, a chameleon plods through the tall grass, meeting various jungle animals and asking an important question.
In the little village of Barton-in-the-Dale, long-hidden secrets are bubbling to the surface. Ashley Underwood and Emmet O'Malley are set to tie the knot, when a revelation from the handsome Irishman's past returns to haunt him. The town's resident nosey-parker discovers some jui...
Summer has arrived in Barton-in-the-Dale and as a new term begins at the little primary school, it's not just the warm weather that's getting people hot under the collar. Meetings with the teachers from Urebank School to discuss the merger are producing more than a few fireworks,...
It's the lead-up to Christmas, and the village of Barton-in-the-Dale is gearing up for some special festivities. But with a puritanical new vicar who objects to Father Christmas, an eccentric teacher at the primary school, and a mystery to solve, will the holiday season be charac...
" ... Looking back over more than sixty years of family life, teaching, inspecting schools, writing and public speaking, Gervase never fails to unearth humour, character, warmth and wisdom from the most diverse of experiences, whether they be growing up in Rotherham with the most...
She was wearing red shoes! With silver heels! Elisabeth Devine causes quite a stir on her arrival in the village. No one can understand why the head of a big inner city school would want to come to sleepy little Barton-in-the-Dale, to a primary with more problems than school dinn...
Presents a collection of humorous poems for children that celebrate such things as animals, family, noise, food, and toys, along with humorous versions of some familiar rhymes.
Life for the Inspector of English is always hectic. Some of the events, like the nativity plays at Christmas or 'little jobs' for Dr Gore, come round the annual calendar like clockwork; others are totally unexpected and can cause happiness or concern in equal parts.