HEART OF THE DALES (BOOK 5) (PB)

Gervase Phinn’s colourful cast of characters have become firm favourites with his readers – such as the mostly mad staff at County Hall, and the children who find ways of embarrassing the school inspectors with innocent ease. In this fifth volume of memoirs, we reconvene with Christine Bentley, head teacher of Winnery Nook School, Gervase's wife, and mother of their son; the well-named Mrs Savage; and Connie, the Queen of Clean.