Author · updated 2026
Gervase Phinn Books in Order
Every Gervase Phinn book in publication order — 51 in total, spanning 1988–2020.
Publication Order of Little Village School Books
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Little Village School | 2011 | Amazon US UK |
| 2 | Trouble at the Little Village School | 2012 | Amazon US UK |
| 3 | The School Inspector Calls! | 2014 | Amazon US UK |
| 4 | A Lesson in Love | 2014 | Amazon US UK |
| 5 | Secrets at the Little Village School | 2016 | Amazon US UK |
Publication Order of Top of the Dale Books
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The School at the Top of the Dale | 2018 | Amazon US UK |
| 2 | Tales Out of School | 2020 | Amazon US UK |
Publication Order of Standalone Novels
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dominic's Discovery | 1999 | Amazon US UK |
| 2 | A Bit of a Hero | 2009 | Amazon US UK |
Publication Order of Short Stories/Novellas
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | All These Lonely People | 2009 | Amazon US UK |
Publication Order of Short Story Collections
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Classroom Creatures | 1996 | Amazon US UK |
| 2 | I Gave My Love a Red, Red Nose | 2001 | Amazon US UK |
| 3 | It Takes One To Know One | 2001 | Amazon US UK |
| 4 | The Day Our Teacher Went Batty | 2002 | Amazon US UK |
| 5 | Don't Go Pet a Porcupine | 2003 | Amazon US UK |
| 6 | Poetry & Anthologies | 2003 | Amazon US UK |
| 7 | Family Phantoms | 2003 | Amazon US UK |
| 8 | What I Like! | 2004 | Amazon US UK |
| 9 | Don't Tell the Teacher | 2006 | Amazon US UK |
| 10 | Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Stars | 2008 | Amazon US UK |
| 11 | A Load of Old Tripe | 2009 | Amazon US UK |
| 12 | There's an Alien in the Classroom - and Other Poems | 2010 | Amazon US UK |
| 13 | The Virgin Mary's Got Nits | 2014 | Amazon US UK |
Publication Order of Standalone Plays
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Stage Write | 1988 | Amazon US UK |
| 2 | Right on Cue | 1989 | Amazon US UK |
Publication Order of Picture Books
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Our Cat Cuddles | 1996 | Amazon US UK |
| 2 | Who Am I? | 2012 | Amazon US UK |
Publication Order of Chapter Books
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Riotous Return of Royston Knapper | 1989 | Amazon US UK |
| 2 | What's the Matter, Royston Knapper? | 1996 | Amazon US UK |
| 3 | Bad Becky | 2004 | Amazon US UK |
| 4 | Bad Becky in Trouble | 2005 | Amazon US UK |
Publication Order of The Dales Non-Fiction Books
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Other Side of the Dale | 1998 | Amazon US UK |
| 2 | Over Hill and Dale | 1999 | Amazon US UK |
| 3 | Head Over Heels in the Dales | 2001 | Amazon US UK |
| 4 | Up and Down in the Dales | 2004 | Amazon US UK |
| 5 | The Heart of the Dales | 2007 | Amazon US UK |
Publication Order of Best Days of Our Lives Books
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Best Days of Our Lives | 2020 | Amazon US UK |
| 2 | Grandchildren | 2020 | Amazon US UK |
Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vital Resource | 1993 | Amazon US UK |
| 2 | Touches of Beauty | 1995 | Amazon US UK |
| 3 | Young Readers and Their Books | 2000 | Amazon US UK |
| 4 | Gervase Phinn's Yorkshire. | 2003 | Amazon US UK |
| 5 | Little Gems | 2004 | Amazon US UK |
| 6 | A Wayne in a Manger | 2005 | Amazon US UK |
| 7 | Little Angels | 2006 | Amazon US UK |
| 8 | Little Treasures | 2007 | Amazon US UK |
| 9 | All Our Yesterdays | 2008 | Amazon US UK |
| 10 | Teaching Poetry in the Primary Classroom | 2009 | Amazon US UK |
| 11 | Road to the Dales | 2010 | Amazon US UK |
| 12 | Out of the Woods But Not Over the Hill | 2010 | Amazon US UK |
| 13 | Mangled English | 2013 | Amazon US UK |
Every title by year All 51, oldest to newest
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Stage Write | 1988 | Amazon US UK |
| 2 | Right on Cue | 1989 | Amazon US UK |
| 3 | The Riotous Return of Royston Knapper | 1989 | Amazon US UK |
| 4 | Vital Resource | 1993 | Amazon US UK |
| 5 | Touches of Beauty | 1995 | Amazon US UK |
| 6 | Classroom Creatures | 1996 | Amazon US UK |
| 7 | Our Cat Cuddles | 1996 | Amazon US UK |
| 8 | What's the Matter, Royston Knapper? | 1996 | Amazon US UK |
| 9 | The Other Side of the Dale | 1998 | Amazon US UK |
| 10 | Dominic's Discovery | 1999 | Amazon US UK |
| 11 | Over Hill and Dale | 1999 | Amazon US UK |
| 12 | Young Readers and Their Books | 2000 | Amazon US UK |
| 13 | I Gave My Love a Red, Red Nose | 2001 | Amazon US UK |
| 14 | It Takes One To Know One | 2001 | Amazon US UK |
| 15 | Head Over Heels in the Dales | 2001 | Amazon US UK |
| 16 | The Day Our Teacher Went Batty | 2002 | Amazon US UK |
| 17 | Don't Go Pet a Porcupine | 2003 | Amazon US UK |
| 18 | Poetry & Anthologies | 2003 | Amazon US UK |
| 19 | Family Phantoms | 2003 | Amazon US UK |
| 20 | Gervase Phinn's Yorkshire. | 2003 | Amazon US UK |
| 21 | What I Like! | 2004 | Amazon US UK |
| 22 | Bad Becky | 2004 | Amazon US UK |
| 23 | Up and Down in the Dales | 2004 | Amazon US UK |
| 24 | Little Gems | 2004 | Amazon US UK |
| 25 | Bad Becky in Trouble | 2005 | Amazon US UK |
| 26 | A Wayne in a Manger | 2005 | Amazon US UK |
| 27 | Don't Tell the Teacher | 2006 | Amazon US UK |
| 28 | Little Angels | 2006 | Amazon US UK |
| 29 | The Heart of the Dales | 2007 | Amazon US UK |
| 30 | Little Treasures | 2007 | Amazon US UK |
| 31 | Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Stars | 2008 | Amazon US UK |
| 32 | All Our Yesterdays | 2008 | Amazon US UK |
| 33 | A Bit of a Hero | 2009 | Amazon US UK |
| 34 | All These Lonely People | 2009 | Amazon US UK |
| 35 | A Load of Old Tripe | 2009 | Amazon US UK |
| 36 | Teaching Poetry in the Primary Classroom | 2009 | Amazon US UK |
| 37 | There's an Alien in the Classroom - and Other Poems | 2010 | Amazon US UK |
| 38 | Road to the Dales | 2010 | Amazon US UK |
| 39 | Out of the Woods But Not Over the Hill | 2010 | Amazon US UK |
| 40 | The Little Village School | 2011 | Amazon US UK |
| 41 | Trouble at the Little Village School | 2012 | Amazon US UK |
| 42 | Who Am I? | 2012 | Amazon US UK |
| 43 | Mangled English | 2013 | Amazon US UK |
| 44 | The School Inspector Calls! | 2014 | Amazon US UK |
| 45 | A Lesson in Love | 2014 | Amazon US UK |
| 46 | The Virgin Mary's Got Nits | 2014 | Amazon US UK |
| 47 | Secrets at the Little Village School | 2016 | Amazon US UK |
| 48 | The School at the Top of the Dale | 2018 | Amazon US UK |
| 49 | Tales Out of School | 2020 | Amazon US UK |
| 50 | Best Days of Our Lives | 2020 | Amazon US UK |
| 51 | Grandchildren | 2020 | Amazon US UK |
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