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Gervase Phinn is an English author of literary fiction, children’s and non-fiction books. After working as a teacher, Gervase became a school inspector and then Visiting Professor of Education at the University of Teesside. He has written various memoirs, poetry collections and multiple educational books. He is interested in children’s literature and literacy. He is married with four adult children.

Gervase Phinn made his debut in 1988 with the stageplay collection Stage Write. Below is a list of Gervase Phinn’s books in order of when they were first released:

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Publication Order of Little Village School Books

The Little Village School (2011)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Trouble at the Little Village School (2012)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The School Inspector Calls! (2014)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
A Lesson in Love (2014)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Secrets at the Little Village School (2016)Description / Buy at Amazon.com

Publication Order of Top of the Dale Books

The School at the Top of the Dale (2018)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Tales Out of School (2020)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
A Class Act (2021)Description / Buy at Amazon.com

Publication Order of Standalone Novels

Dominic's Discovery (1999)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
A Bit of a Hero (2009)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
At the Captain's Table (2022)Description / Buy at Amazon.com

Publication Order of Short Stories/Novellas

All These Lonely People (2009)Description / Buy at Amazon.com

Publication Order of Short Story Collections

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

Publication Order of Standalone Plays

Publication Order of Picture Books

Publication Order of Chapter Books

The Riotous Return of Royston Knapper (1989)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
What's the Matter, Royston Knapper? (1996)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Bad Becky (2004)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Bad Becky in Trouble (2005)Description / Buy at Amazon.com

Publication Order of The Dales Non-Fiction Books

The Other Side of the Dale (1998)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Over Hill and Dale (1999)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Head Over Heels in the Dales (2001)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Up and Down in the Dales (2004)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Heart of the Dales (2007)Description / Buy at Amazon.com

Publication Order of Best Days of Our Lives Books

Best Days of Our Lives (2020)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Grandchildren (2020)Description / Buy at Amazon.com

Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books

Vital Resource (1993)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Touches of Beauty (1995)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Young Readers and Their Books (2000)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Gervase Phinn's Yorkshire. (2003)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Little Gems (2004)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
A Wayne in a Manger (2005)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Little Angels (2006)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Little Treasures (2007)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
All Our Yesterdays (2008)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Teaching Poetry in the Primary Classroom (2009)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Road to the Dales (2010)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Out of the Woods But Not Over the Hill (2010)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Mangled English (2013)Description / Buy at Amazon.com

Publication Order of Puffin Poetry Books

Quick, Let's Get Out of Here (By: Michael Rosen) (1983)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Poets in hand (By: John Fuller,Elizabeth Jennings,Anne Harvey,Vernon Scannell,Charles Causley) (1985)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Penguin Portable Poets (By: Brian Patten) (1990)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
You Wait Till I'm Older Than You! (By: Michael Rosen) (1996)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Funky Chickens (By: Benjamin Zephaniah) (1996)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Michael Rosen's Book of Very Silly Poems (By: Michael Rosen,Shoo Rayner) (1996)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Wicked World! (By: Benjamin Zephaniah) (2000)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Juggling with Gerbils (By: Brian Patten) (2000)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Centrally Heated Knickers (By: Michael Rosen) (2000)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Friendly Matches (By: Allan Ahlberg) (2001)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Day Our Teacher Went Batty (2002)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Bee's Knees (By: Roger McGough) (2003)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Monsters' Guide to Choosing a Pet (By: Roger McGough,Brian Patten) (2004)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Poetry Pie (By: Roger McGough) (2015)Description / Buy at Amazon.com

Note: Mangled English was written with Matthew Phinn.

If You Like Gervase Phinn Books, You’ll Love…

Gervase Phinn Synopsis: Dominic’s Discovery is a standalone children’s novel by Gervase Phinn. 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 allowed on the school trip to Thundercliff Bay – home to pirate legend, chilling ghost stories and lost treasure – by the skin of his teeth. Or that strict Mr. Risley-Newsome, who has his beady eye on him, makes him stay at the youth hostel for forgetting his walking boots. What is surprising is that a very special discovery made by Dominic saves the day when the whole class is in serious danger, and proves to everyone that sometimes he can be in the right place at the right time.

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