What's the Matter, Royston Knapper? by Gervase Phinn

What's the Matter, Royston Knapper? by Gervase Phinn

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Eleven-year-old Royston Knapper is always up to mischief and in trouble with his teachers and parents as he disrupts his classroom, tricks his father, and brings home a vicious dog. In this collection of five short stories, the author depicts the adventures of this loveable rogue with his usual level of humour.

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What's the Matter, Royston Knapper? by Gervase Phinn

Royston Knapper is heading for trouble! Penelope Pringle is always on his case. Teachers, parents and even his best mates seem to think he's the naughtiest boy around. How much chaos can a single schoolboy create? Eleven-year-old Royston Knapper is always up to mischief and in trouble as he disrupts his classroom, tricks his father, and brings home a vicious dog. In this collection of five short stories, the author depicts the adventures of this loveable rogue with his usual level of humour.
This great book is a collection of five hilarious tales from the best selling author of 'The Other Side of the Dale', 'Over Hill and Dale' and 'It Takes One to Know One'Royston Knapper is a mischievous, 11-year-old, loveable rogue who is forever in trouble. This is a very funny book, a must read, that will cheer you up and make you smile. -- Lucy * Betty Bookmark *
Gervase Phinn is a teacher, freelance lecturer, author, poet, school inspector, educational consultant and visiting professor of education - but none of these is more important than his family.

For fourteen years he taught in a range of schools, then acted as General Advisor for Language Development in Rotherham before moving on to North Yorkshire, where he spent ten years as a school inspector - time that has provided so much source material for his books. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts and an Honorary Fello of St John's College, York.

Gervase lives with his family in Doncaster.

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ISBN 13 9780859538831
ISBN 10 0859538834
Title What's the Matter, Royston Knapper?
Author Gervase Phinn
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Child's Play International Ltd
Year published 2001-09-01
Number of pages 112
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.