After Dominic and Lizzie convince their parents to get a cat, each member of the family has different qualities they look for in a pet, but the one they take home turns out to be a cat beyond their ex
For Gervase Phinn, growing old is not about a leisurely walk to the pub for a game of dominoes or snoozing in his favorite armchair. As this sparkling collection of his very best humorous writing show
Bad Becky: Meet Bad Becky: a little girl with BIG attitude. Becky is cheeky, opinionated and always in some kind of trouble. But you can't help loving her! If a magician at a party was rubbish wouldn'
The fourth Little Village School novel. Love is in the air in the little village of Barton-in-the-Dale. Anyone can see that Ashley Underwood and Emmet O'Malley are made for each other—they just have t
Gervase Phinn reads the audio version of this lively story, rich in language and humour. Lizzie and Dominic desperately want a kitten but they get much more than they bargain for!
More brilliant stories about children at ChristmasFollowing on from the terrific success of A Wayne in a Manger, Gervase Phinn has collected together from his bestselling Dales books his favourite sto
A Wayne in a Manger includes some wonderfully funny and touching nativity play anecdotes, including children forgetting their lines, ad-libbing, falling of the stage, picking their noses and showing t
OVER HILL AND DALE accompanies Gervase Phinn during his second year as a school inspector in North Yorkshire. Some of the wonderful characters from his first book,THE OTHER SIDE OF THE DALE, re-appear
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. Caut
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
One hot day in the middle of a jungle a strange little creature hatches out of an egg. "Who am I?" he asks himself. Off he plods through the tall grass to find out. He meets many animals, bu
Bad Becky is cheeky (but charming), opinionated and always in some kind of trouble. But you can't help loving her! I mean wouldn't you rather hear a story about a princess who gets gobbled up by the d
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 Phin
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. So it's not surprising that he's only allowe
An endearing and funny tale about a chameleon trying to find his place in a colourful world, illustrated by the renowned Tony Ross. One hot day in the middle of a jungle a strange little creature hatc
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
