Professor Gervase Phinn taught in a range of schools for fourteen years before becoming an education adviser and school inspector. He is now a freelance lecturer, broadcaster and writer, a consultant for the Open University, Honorary Fellow of St. John's College, York, Doctor of Letters (D.Litt) of the University of Leicester, Doctor of Letters (D.Litt) of The University of Hull and the Fellow and Visiting Professor of Education at The University of Teesside. In 2005 the highest academic award of Sheffield Hallam University, Doctor of the University (D.Univ.) was conferred upon him by the Chancellor, Professor Lord Robert Winston. In 2006 he became President of The School Library Association.
Genres: General Fiction
Series
Little Village School
1. The Little Village School (2011)
2. Trouble at the Little Village School (2012)
3. The School Inspector Calls (2013)
4. A Lesson in Love (2015)
5. Secrets at the Little Village School (2016)
1. The Little Village School (2011)
2. Trouble at the Little Village School (2012)
3. The School Inspector Calls (2013)
4. A Lesson in Love (2015)
5. Secrets at the Little Village School (2016)
School at the Top of the Dale
1. The School at the Top of the Dale (2018)
2. Tales Out of School (2020)
3. A Class Act (2021)
1. The School at the Top of the Dale (2018)
2. Tales Out of School (2020)
3. A Class Act (2021)
Novels
Omnibus
Collections
Classroom Creatures (poems) (1996)
It Takes One to Know One (poems) (2001)
Are We Nearly There Yet? (poems) (2001)
Don't Go Pet a Porcupine (poems) (2001)
I Gave My Love a Red, Red Nose (poems) (2001)
The Day Our Teacher Went Batty (poems) (2002)
Family Phantoms (poems) (2003)
What I Like! (poems) (2004)
Don't Tell the Teacher (poems) (2006)
Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Stars (2008)
A Load of Old Tripe (2009)
There's an Alien in Our Classroom (poems) (2010)
The Virgin Mary's Got Nits (poems) (2014)
It Takes One to Know One (poems) (2001)
Are We Nearly There Yet? (poems) (2001)
Don't Go Pet a Porcupine (poems) (2001)
I Gave My Love a Red, Red Nose (poems) (2001)
The Day Our Teacher Went Batty (poems) (2002)
Family Phantoms (poems) (2003)
What I Like! (poems) (2004)
Don't Tell the Teacher (poems) (2006)
Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Stars (2008)
A Load of Old Tripe (2009)
There's an Alien in Our Classroom (poems) (2010)
The Virgin Mary's Got Nits (poems) (2014)
Plays
Picture Books
Chapter Books
The Riotous Return of Royston Knapper (1989)
What's the Matter, Royston Knapper? (2001)
Royston Knapper (2003)
Bad Becky (2004)
Bad Becky in Trouble (2005)
Bad Becky / Bad Becky in Trouble (2013)
What's the Matter, Royston Knapper? (2001)
Royston Knapper (2003)
Bad Becky (2004)
Bad Becky in Trouble (2005)
Bad Becky / Bad Becky in Trouble (2013)
Series contributed to
Non fiction series
Dales
1. The Other Side of the Dale (1998)
2. Over Hill and Dale (1999)
3. Head Over Heels in the Dales (2002)
4. Up and Down in the Dales (2004)
5. The Heart of the Dales (2007)
1. The Other Side of the Dale (1998)
2. Over Hill and Dale (1999)
3. Head Over Heels in the Dales (2002)
4. Up and Down in the Dales (2004)
5. The Heart of the Dales (2007)
Non fiction
Vital Resource (1993)
Touches of Beauty (1995)
Young Readers and Their Books (2000)
Gervase Phinn's Yorkshire (2003)
Little Gems (2004)
A Wayne in a Manger (2005)
Little Angels (2006)
Little Treasures (2007)
All Our Yesterdays (2008)
Teaching Poetry in the Primary Classroom (2009)
Road to the Dales (2010)
Out of the Woods But Not Over the Hill (2010)
Mangled English (2013) (with Matthew Phinn)
Touches of Beauty (1995)
Young Readers and Their Books (2000)
Gervase Phinn's Yorkshire (2003)
Little Gems (2004)
A Wayne in a Manger (2005)
Little Angels (2006)
Little Treasures (2007)
All Our Yesterdays (2008)
Teaching Poetry in the Primary Classroom (2009)
Road to the Dales (2010)
Out of the Woods But Not Over the Hill (2010)
Mangled English (2013) (with Matthew Phinn)
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