Up and Down in the Dales (The Dales Series Book 4)


There's the baby Jesus who suddenly pipes up with 'My name is Tammy, are you my Mommy? Brilliantly observed as always, family, teachers, pupils and the dreaded school inspector all leap to life in this wonderfully warm and witty, brand new, poetry collection from bestseller Gervase Phinn.

New kids, disobedient deputy heads, school reports and fireworks, daydreamers and embarrassing mums all make an appearance. And if read on you might even just discover the whereabouts of Colin's confiscated conkers I asked the child.

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Up and Down in the Dales is the fourth volume in Gervase Phinn's . For some reason, I found this book in the Dales series a little tougher-going than the. Up and Down in the Dales (The Dales Series Book 4) eBook: Gervase Phinn: bahana-line.com: Kindle Store.

I'm named after a drink. With endless good humour, he copes with the little surprises that occur round every corner. Some things never change: Mrs Savage roars, Connie rants, and Gervase's colleague in the office play verbal ping-pong. But all this can be put behind him each day when he returns home to his lovely wife, Christine, who is expecting their first baby.

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Up and Down in the Dales is charming montage of Gervase Phinn's experiences will keep you amused and will win a place in your heart. Bad Becky is cheeky but charming , opinionated and always in some kind of trouble. But you can't help loving her!

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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 really, Becky is just doing everyone a favour Bad Becky is cheeky, opinionated and always in some kind of trouble. I mean wouldn't you rather hear a story about a princess who gets gobbled up by the dragon rather than another soppy one where the prince saves the Princess?

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The first book in a wickedly funny new series for readers gaining confidence. Bad Becky's got attitude! Gervase Phinn is a bestselling author and poet, teacher, freelance lecturer, educational consultant, school inspector, visiting professor of education and, last but by no means least, father of four. The majority of his time is spent in schools with teachers and children.

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He is best known for his autobiographical accounts of his time as a school inspector in the Yorkshire Dales, which have been likened to James Herriot's books. We use cookies on this site and by continuing to browse it you agree to us sending you cookies. Gifts and box sets Penguin Shop Flipper gift picker. For the young and young at heart.

One hot day in the middle of a jungle a strange little creature hatches out of an egg. Off he plods through the tall grass to find out.

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He meets many animals, but all of them are different. Will he ever find out who he is and what makes him special? A unique look into the childhood experiences of Gervase Phinn in Road to the Dales. With entertaining examples of just about every type of poem known to man, and wonderful illustrations, Gervase Phinn's new collection of poems for children makes poetry fun and thought-provoking. Cautionary verses, limericks, rhymes, conversation poems and free verse jump off the page in this hilarious book.

Great fun to read aloud or keep children entertained quietly for hours. A fantastic collection from Yorkshire's best-loved poet and storyteller. The Heart of the Dales is Gervase Phinn at his story-telling best.

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The prose is dry and forced and the author is doing his best except his anecdotes, on the whole, are not funny. A teacher was reprimanding a child who had drawn a very wobbly line freehand across his exercise book. I will be looking out for any other books by Gervase Phinn. Phinn has been compared to James Herriot, and these books are his stories of being appointed as a Schools Inspector in the Yorkshire Dales. The lead character, Mrs Dale, was played by Ellis Powell until she was sacked in controversial circumstances in and replaced by Jessie Matthews. In the last weeks of her life she worked as a demonstrator at the Ideal Home Exhibition and as a cleaner in an hotel.

Tom is finding it hard to come to terms with the death of his father and life just gets worse as Mum meets a new man and a bully joins his class at school. Unkind people say that his firefighter father ought not to have risked his life in a blaze when he had a family to support, but Tom knows that his father was a true hero. Will he find the same courage within himself to stand up to the bully, and also accept his mother's new friend?

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A wickedly funny new series for readers gaining confidence. Dominic's middle name is trouble, but not because he's got a troublesome nature, but quite simply because he's ALWAYS in the wrong place at the wrong time.

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So it's not surprising that he's only allowed on the school trip to Thundercliff Bay - home to pirate legend, chilling ghost stories and lost treasure - by the skin of his teeth. Or that strict Mr Risley-Newsome, who has his beady eye on him, makes him stay at the youth hostel for forgetting his walking boots. What is surprising is that a very special discovery made by Dominic saves the day when the whole class is in serious danger, and proves to everyone that sometimes he can be in the right place at the right time.

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A third collection of poetry, this time his themes are mythical beasts and fantastic phantoms. A second collection of poems based on familiar themes The series proved so popular it was followed by another trip, this time to the United States in , filmed as Hannah: Mitchell was published in Hauxwell was interviewed on Woman's Hour in March She died there on 30 January From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

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