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Gervase Phinn Books in Order

Below is a list of titles written by Gervase Phinn. I've grouped them by series. The Dales series, were huge bestsellers when i was a Bookseller and with good reason. They are charming and very funny.

The Dales Series

  1. The Other Side of the Dale (1998)
  2. Over Hill and Dale (1999)
  3. Head Over Heels in the Dales (2001)
  4. Up and Down in the Dales (2004)
  5. The Heart of the Dales (2007)

The Little Village School Books

  1. The Little Village school (2011)
  2. Trouble at the Little Village School (2012)
  3. The School Inspector Calls! (2014)
  4. A Lesson in Love (2014)
  5. Secrets at the Little Village School (2016)

Top of the Dale Books

  1. The School at the Top of the Dale (2018)
  2. Tales out of School (2020)
  3. A Class Act (2021)

Standalone/Short Stories/Novellas

  • Dominic's Discovery (1999)
  • A Bit of a Hero (2009)
  • All These Lonely People (2009)

Short Story Collections

  • Classroom Creatures (1996)
  • I Gave My Love a Red, Red Nose (2001)
  • It Takes One To Know One (2001)
  • The Day Our Teacher Went Batty (2002)
  • Don't Go Pet a Porcupine (2003)
  • Poetry & Anthologies (2003)
  • Family Phantoms (2003)
  • What I Like! (2004)
  • Don't Tell the Teacher (2006)
  • Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Stars (2008)
  • A Load of Old Tripe (2009)
  • There's an Alien in the Classroom - and Other Poems (2010)
  • The Virgin Mary's Got Nits (2014)

Plays

  • Stage Write (1988)
  • Right on Cue (1999)

Picture Books

  • Our Cat Cuddles (1996)
  • Who Am I? (2012)

Chapter Books

  • The Riotous Return of Royston Knapper (1989)
  • What's the Matter, Royston Knapper? (1996)
  • Bad Becky (2004)
  • Bad Becky in Trouble (2005)

Best Days of our Lives Books

  • Best Days of Our Lives (2020)
  • Grandchildren (2020)

Non-Fiction Books

  • Vital Resource (1993)
  • Touches of Beauty (1995)
  • Young Readers and Their Books (2003)
  • Gervase Phinn's Yorkshire (2003)
  • Little Gems (2004)
  • A Wayne in a Manger (2005)
  • Little Angels (2006)
  • Little Treasures (2007)
  • All Our Yesterdays (2008)
  • Teaching Poetry in the Primary Classroom (2009)
  • Road to the Dales (2010)
  • Out of the Woods But Not Over the Hill (2010)
  • Mangled English (2013)