The Heart of the Dales
$46.69
- Paperback
400 pages
- Release Date
24 March 2010
Summary
Reissued with a beautiful new jacket
A teacher was reprimanding a child who had drawn a very wobbly line freehand across his exercise book.
‘Don’t you know what the word “straight” means?’ the teacher asked crossly.
‘Yes, miss,’ came the reply, ‘ “without water”.’
Awkward teachers, pompous school governors and fearsome lollipop ladies occasionally make Gervase Phinn’s hectic job as a school more than difficult. But, for Gervase, the main challenge remains the f…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780141027678 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0141027673 |
| Author: | Gervase Phinn |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 400 |
| Edition: | 1st |
| Release Date: | 24 March 2010 |
| Weight: | 280g |
| Dimensions: | 197mm x 130mm x 25mm |
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“Gervase Phinn’s memoirs have made him a hero in school staff-rooms.” –Daily Telegraph
About The Author
Gervase Phinn
Gervase Phinn is a teacher, freelance lecturer, author, poet, school inspector, educational consultant and visiting professor of education - but none of these is more important than his family. For fourteen years he taught in a range of schools, then acted as General Advisor for Language Development in Rotherham before moving on to North Yorkshire, where he spent ten years as a school inspector - time that has provided so much source material for his books. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts and an Honorary Fellow of St John’s College, York.
Gervase lives with his family in Doncaster.
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