The end of term arrives and Miss Read is looking forward to the weeks ahead, but on the very first day of the long summer holiday she falls and breaks her arm. Instantly all her plans are in tatters. Then her friend Amy comes up with a plan: and so it is the two of them leave Fai...
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After a long winter of red noses and wet mittens, summer is a welcome time for Miss Read and her downland village friends. She recounts the events of this bright, bustling season and the problems and possibilities that unfold against the background of roses, skylarks, and bees. J...
"Some unexpected discoveries are made at the centennial celebration of the close-knit English village of Thrush Green." -- Amazon.ca
Miss Read heard about the sale of Tyler's Row from Mrs Pringle - and before long Fairacre was alive with rumours. Why were the present owners selling? Was it true that a football pools winner was about to buy it? Had Tyler's Row been condemned - or was it to be restored? All spec...
Tullivers, the former home of old Admiral Trigg and his sister Lucy, had stood empty for many months. Then, one bright April day, two newcomers move in -- an attractive young woman and her son -- and the villagers begin to show their interest and attention, especially several bac...
From Miss Clare's failing health to the new infant teacher's budding romance and Mrs. Pringle's never-ending complaints, from the everyday wonders of nature to the often less wonderful behaviour of the villagers, very little escapes Miss Read's notice.
A London family, newly moved to a quiet country village, are accepted by the unfriendly townfolk only after a newborn baby boy arrives at Christmas.
Brings to life with humour and charm 'Miss Read's view of life in the countryside of the past. Born into a home where food and clothing were hard-earned, where oil and candles were luxuries, Miss Clare--retired village schoolmistress and devoted countrywoman--looks back on a rich...
"In addition to those characters familiar to readers of Village School there are newcomers, including dictatorial Amy, an old college friend, Mr Mawne, whom the village sees as a possible husband for the unwilling Miss Read; and the earnest new infants teacher. Overshadowing ever...