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.

Includes nativity play anecdotes, such as children forgetting their lines, ad-libbing, falling of the stage, picking their noses and showing their knickers. One hilarious anecdote tells of an innkeeper who generously says there's plenty of room for Mary and Joseph, while another child, allows Mary to come in but not Joseph.

A Unique Collection of Memories from Across the Decades. From earliest memories of infancy and growing up, through the powerful influence of family ties, first friends (and first kiss!), schooldays and holidays, to the first steps into the adult world, those early years shaped who we are and what we will become. Gervase Phinn, former teacher and school inspector and now bestselling author, brings

Presents a true account of the first year that the author spent as a schools' inspector in North Yorkshire. This title features cast that includes his fellow inspectors who range from endearing to eccentric, sporting lords of the manor, Ministry bigwigs, formidable teaching nuns and a very attractive head-teacher who happens to be single.

Presents tales of life as a school inspector in Yorkshire. This title features the staff at County Hall as well as the children themselves who find ways of embarrassing the school inspectors with innocent ease. It includes Christine Bentley, head teacher of Winnery Nook School and now Gervase's wife and mother of their son.

Young children are nothing if not honest, and their honesty is invariably disarming and comical. Who better to share their innermost thoughts with than bestselling author and former school inspector Gervase Phinn? From his lifetime of school visits, Gervase has put together a delightful compilation of children's wise words, insightful observations on life and their amusing comments about others.

Gervase Phinn begins his second year as a schools inspector in Yorkshire. Gervase's colleagues rag him unmercifully about his faraway look whenever the name of Christine Bentley of WinneryNook Nursery and Primary School is mentioned, and he realises it is time to take action - but how to put the question?

An illustrated book featuring stories that contain the wonderfully funny (and usually innocent) things that children say. It helps you look at life through a child's eyes.

Gervase Phinn, school inspector, begins his third year with a spring in his step for in April he will marry Christine Bentley, head teacher of Winnery Nook School. But before then he has to suffer the wicked repartee of his fellow inspectors on the subjects of love and marriage.

Life for the Gervase Phinn is about to become not unlike the rambling hills of the Dales themselves - up and down and all over the place. After a routine school inspection - and a rather brutal report - culminates with a teacher being forced into early retirement, Gervase is left feeling his year hasn't exactly begun on the right foot.

Presents a collection of poetry on family, teachers, pupils and the dreaded school inspector. New kids, disobedient deputy heads, school reports and fireworks, daydreamers and embarrassing mums all make an appearance.

Little children are innately curious, open, innocent, spontaneous and honest - sometimes, it has to be said, they are a little too honest. So who better to share their innermost feelings than bestselling author and School Inspector Gervase Phinn? In this follow-up to his book 'Little Gems', Gervase once again spills the beans on all the amusing things children say or ask.

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. Will he find the same courage within himself to stand up to the bully, and also accept his mother's new friend?

Bestselling author Gervase Phinn's third collection of children's favourite sayings, amusing remarks or impossible-to-answer questions.

A box set of Gervase Phinn's three books of children's wise words and amusing observations on life: 'Little Gems', 'Little Angels' and 'Little Treasures'. Perfect for the Christmas gift market.

Telling the story of the nativity in rhyme from the perspective of the animals and the stars who were at the very first Christmas, this play uses a combination of English, sign language and music to produce a show that is accessible to children of differing abilities and interests.

A new education title from bestselling author, former teacher and school inspector Gervase Phinn for all primary school teachers. A widely published children's poet, he offers an accessible, practical and structured programme for the teaching of this sometimes neglected aspect of the English curriculum.

Following on from the terrific success of A Wayne in a Manger, Gervase Phinn has collected together from his bestselling Dales books his favourite stories about children, and included some poems from his popular Puffin poetry books. In this humorously illustrated book, the stories have one thing in common the wonderfully funny (and usually innocent) things that children say. Whether they are stor

In Gervase's words: 'I grew up in the 1950s and 1960s, and like many at the time loved the music of the Beatles. They changed the whole face of popular music. I knew all the words of Help! A Hard Day s Night, Yesterday, Sergeant Pepper, Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds. My favourite was Eleanor Rigby. I don t know why this was my favourite because it s really sad and all about these lonely people, un