A review by sandyd
Over Hill and Dale by Gervase Phinn

4.0

An old-fashioned memoir, much like James Herriot's stories, also about Yorkshire. Except Phinn is an "inspector of schools" - so he has lots of anecdotes about stuff kids say during classes (especially in the "Infant Class", which I gather is K or so), the evil administrative assistant who tries to rule their lives, his attempts to woo a teacher, his attempts to get kids to write poetry, act in plays, and how he tries to make bad teachers better (or retire), etc. It's a nice, gentle read if you need something that reminds me of James Herriot mixed with Jan Karon.