A Load of Old Tripe
For eleven-year-old James Joseph Johnson (Jimmy for
short) life is not always straightforward. In fact, things
can be quite complicated, and don't always turn out as we
had planned.
Born in 1946, Jimmy lives with his mum and dad in a shiny
red-brick terraced house in South Yorkshire, near the steel
works. Sometimes the air is thick and metallic-tasting, with
bits of soot floating around like little black snowflakes.
Despite all this, Jimmy wouldn't want to live anywhere else.
Gervase Phinn writes with warmth and humour about Jimmy's
life in the lead up to his eleven-plus exam and introduces
us along the way to his mates at school, including his very
best friend Ignatius Plunket, the time he had to look after
Butch, the ugly, barrel-bodied, bow-legged bull terrier, his
love of coffee and walnut cake, his mum's missing locket,
and, last but not least, what happened when he was sent to
buy tripe for his dad's tea.
Available from November 2009
PRAISE FOR GERVASE PHINN
'Enchanting' Woman's Own
'Hilarious and hair-raising' Sunday Times
'A natural storyteller' The Times Educational Supplement
'An enchanting montage of experiences. Colourful, funny
and honest' Sunday Express
'He has a marvellous ear for one-liners' Yorkshire Post
'Uproarious and touching by turns' Daily Mail
'Gervase Phinn's memoirs have made him a hero in school
staff-rooms' Daily Telegraph
'A born raconteur' Guardian
A Bit of a Hero
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. Unkind people say that his firefighter father
ought not to have risked his life in a blaze when he had a family to
support, but Tom knows that his father was a true hero. Will he find
the same courage within himself to stand up to the bully, and also
accept his mother's new friend?
available March 2009 ISBN 978-1-84270-909-2
www.andersonpress.co.uk
Gervase Phinn leads a very full and active life: a bestselling
author and poet, teacher, freelance lecturer, educational
consultant, school inspector, visiting professor of education and,
last but by no means least, father of four. The majority of his time
is spent in schools with teachers and children. He is best known for
his autobiographical accounts of his time as a school inspector in
the Yorkshire Dales, which have been likened to James Herriot's
books.
The Golden Turtle & Other Stories
Three folk tales from around the world retold by the wonderful
storyteller Gervase Phinn. In the first, a golden turtle offers a
kindly fisherman riches beyond his wildest dreams. In the second,
Amparo's daughter looks sweet, but when she's determined to do
something nothing gets in her way. In the third, a naughty
leprechaun gets a big shock!
Collins Big Cat - ISBN 978-0-00-723108-9
A wickedly funny new series for readers gaining confidence ....
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Bad Becky -
Cheeky but Charming |
Bad
Becky in Trouble |
Dominic's
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Bad Becky is cheeky, 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 dragon rather than
another soppy one where the prince saves the Princess? And
if a magician at a party was rubbish wouldn't you point it
out? And who wants their horrible Great Aunt Mildred
visiting? So really, Becky is just doing everyone a
favour...
The first book in a wickedly funny
new series for readers gaining confidence. Bad Becky's got
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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 dragon
rather than another soppy one where the prince saves the
princess? And if a magician at a party was rubbish wouldn't
you point it out? And who wants their horrible Great Aunt
Mildred visiting? So really, Becky is just doing everyone a
favour...
A wickedly funny new series for
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'You are an enigma, Dominic. A
human enigma.'
Dominic Dowson has a special gift:
he is always in the wrong place at the wrong time.
So, on the school trip to
Thundercliff Bay - home to pirate legend, ghosts and lost
treasure - awful Mr Risey-Newsome is keeping a strict eye
on him. But Dominic is determined to prove that not
everything he does spells trouble ...
see the audio book of Dominic's
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