Head Over Heels in the Dales" is the third volume in Gervase Phinns bestselling " Dales Series". Could you tell me how to spell "sex" please?. Gervase Phinn thinks hes heard just about everything in his two years as a school inspector but a surprising enquiry from an angelic six-year-old reminds him never to take children for granted. This year Gervase has lots of important things on his mind
- his impending marriage to Christine Bentley (the prettiest headteacher for miles around) finding somewhere idyllic to live in the Yorkshire Dales & the chance of a promotion. All of which generate their fair share of excitement aided & abetted as usual by his colleagues in the office. In " Head Over Hells in the Dales" join Gervase Phinn in the classroom where he faces his greatest challenge: keeping a straight face as teachers & children alike conspire to have him laughing out loud. " Gervase Phinns memoirs have made him a hero in school staff-rooms". (" Daily Telegraph"). Gervase Phinn is an author & educator from Rotherham who after teaching for fourteen years in a variety of schools moved to North Yorkshire to be a school inspector. He has written autobiographies novels plays collections of poetry & stories as well as a number of books about education. He holds five fellowships honorary doctorates from Hull Leicester & Sheffield Hallam universities & is a patron of a number of childrens charities & organizations. He is married with four adult children. His books include " The Other Side of the Dale" " Over Hill & Dale" " Head Over Heels in the Dales" " The Heart of the Dales" " Up & Down in the Dales" & " Trouble at the Little Village School"."