The abridged, downloadable audiobook edition of the latest of Gervase Phinn’s charming tales, The Heart from the Dales, read by the man himself.

His colourful cast of characters have now become company favourites – the eccentric staff at State Hall aswell as the kids themselves who look for ways of embarrassing the school inspectors with innocent ease. We reconvene with Christine Bentley, head teacher of Winnery Nook College, the well-named Mrs Savage rather than forgetting the Queen of Clean – Connie.

Gervase Phinn has an extraordinary talent to entertain, and the latest instalment to the Dale Series is heart-warming, wry and will make you giggle out loud.