Trouble at the Little Village School: The Little Village School series

Reading enjoyment

Excellent book - very good descriptive writing - only reservation it contains a lot of rehashed sections and anecdotes from the first series of books

As all Gervase Phinns books it was most amusing and thought provoking.

This is an easy read for people who work with parents and children at schools.Beautiful character descriptions. Subtle reminders about previous books in the series in case the reader has forgotten.

Easy to read. Good characterisation. Interesting storyline.

Another delightful read. I enjoy his books so much.

I love this book and looking forward to reading the next installment in the series

Easy to read book. Good writer.

The story of the village school continues into the second term and follows the lives of the different characters of the school and village. The school is taken into a new era with the new headmistress. The vicar is still harangued by his wife, until she realises the opportunity doing art with the school children- to train as a teacher. The local shopkeeper loves being the village gossip. Rumours of a merger of the infants and Junior schools being merged as one school, cause a great disturbance. And so on. Reader will have to read to find out. Excellent stories.

I am back for my second term at the Little Village School.I am coming back to heartwarming characters, gossipy village ladies and some tension. Enough to keep you turning the pages.The closure of the school seems to have been to dealt with, but now there will be an amalgamation of schools and it seems that the headteacher Elisabeth Devine has more battles to face.She has drawn out so many of the teachers who will now inspire and encourage the young minds that they are meeting every day, but she has also made them look closely at their own happiness.One of those young minds Oscar, seems to be challenging as always and gives the school caretaker much to mutter about.There is of course Danny who you think has found a more settled life into which to grow. It seems someone else has other ideas and the author brings into the story social services and the battles of right and wrong in not just the best education for a child but also the best home environment you can have. It raises questions about what is best for the child?In this book as we wait to find out how exactly the amalgamation of two schools is going to work and whether the board of governors and local councillors can agree on a solution which doesn't appear to be in their own interests. We learn more about Elisabeth and her son. Progress is made but then something from the past brings back memories and can perhaps disrupt future plans.Of course this book takes you right into the depths of Yorkshire and the wonderful humour it brings. I much enjoyed it and look forward to finding out more about the school and all the characters which make the village what it is.

The second in the village school series and very nearly as good as the first. The only reason I took off a star was because I felt that too much time was spent in the early part of the book going over in detail what had happened in the first. I can appreciate that if you had not read the first, then the second becomes more stand-alone, but my advice would be simply not to miss out on the delightful first novel. Having said all that, it is still a compelling, funny and very well written tale of village life and rural politics. Looking forward to reading the next one in the collection.

Like the first book in this series, the reader is gripped by the story and anxious to know what happens next. Mr. Phinn obviously draws on his extensive and wide-ranging pedagogical experience to produce tales of great love and empathy, interwoven with humour. I cannot wait to read the rest of the books about the Little School.

Trouble at the Little Village School is one of these difficult to put down books with its various twists and turns. Fans of Gervase will enjoy the usual in-jokes relating to the pupils' views on the world and I found myself laughing out loud in a couple of instances. The sad thing for me is that all the strands have been brought together by the end so there may not be a sequel to Elizabeth Devine's headmistressing in the school. If that is to be the case Mr Phinn had better get his thinking cap on to come up with another hero / heroine for future storylines.