Tales from a village school Book

Illegal bartering of gingernuts in a murky corner of the playground, justice firmly being done on three malefactors who stole Mr. Henry's eggs - here, in these forty delightful stories about life as a village schoolteacher, are the dramas of the world of multiplication practice, muddy boots in the cloakroom, and nature walks, set against the changing seasons of the countryside. These stories were first published in The Times Educational Supplement, Punch, and other publications forty years ago, and are now published in book form for the first time, with a new foreword and line drawings by Kate Dicker.

The first Miss Read book, showing everyday life in an English village seen through the eyes of the insightful, kindly but shrewd schoolteacher.