Dear Miss Thorpe, We hope you are quite well. We are very sorry we did not do your leaflets very well owing to strong winds. Darbishire has some new laces so we will give you your elastic band back when we come, but it has got stretched a bit owing t...
Prehistoric clodpoll! ‘What did you want to go and make a frantic bish like that for’ Rule number nine million and forty-seven: Any boy beetling into class with twelve slippery raw fish shall hereby be liable to be detained during Mr Wilkins’ p...
‘It’s the boys in Form Three who are the real problem â€" and Jennings in particular.’ What starts with an innocent game of cricket leads to a whole new batch of adventures for Jennings and Darbishire. Climbing onto the school roof to recover a...
‘You can’t compete in famous outer space tournaments wearing heavy great clodhoppers like diver’s boots. You’ve got to be on your toes, darting about like a streak of lightning’. Who would have thought that a Ping-Pong Championship of Outer...
Hah-ooh cinosrepus! ‘Selbanev, Nosnikta, Senoj-Nitram,’ said Jennings. ‘They’re the names of people, I bet you can’t guess who!?’ ‘Russian agents, Zulu tribesmen, Ancient kings of Egypt’ hazarded Darbishire. ‘No, no, no,’ Jennings...
When Jennings arrives at Linbury Court Preparatory School as a new boy, he soon discovers how much he has to learn, especially when the other boys seem to be talking in a different language! Spivish ozard! But it is not long before Jennings becomes a...
Fossilized fish-hooks! ‘We must have a headquarters, where we can meet and work out clues and things. We might even put up a notice so that chaps will know where to come when they want mysteries solved. Something like Linbury Court Detective Agency...
‘Ah, yes! Jennings â€" as usual â€" it always is’ When Jennings starts the second half of the Christmas term by accidentally setting his rubber on fire, it seems the residents of Linbury Court are going to have an exciting few weeks. Along with H...
‘Right! Stand by for orders to lower away. I’m going to take charge at the reception base. And don’t worry â€" this is one of my guaranteed foolproof plans. It can’t possibly go wrong!’ Term is over and, after a short camping expedition tha...
I ve seen some bat-witted wheezes in my time but this one takes the certificate of merit When Jennings and Darbishire discover a hibernating hedgehog they are instantly intrigued. Then, when Venables tells him that foxes eat hedgehogs, Jennings decid...
When Jennings and Darbishire happen upon a mysterious stranger, they are determined to prove he is a spy. Armed with a lemonade bottle and some chalk dust, their attempts to turn detective go astray, much to the amusement of the other schoolboys. The...
A complete collection of well-loved Jennings tales, this volume begins with "Jennings Goes to School"--the one that started it all when JCT Jennings was sent to Linbury Court School as a boarder and met CEJ Darbishire, who quickly became his best fri...
The boys at Linbury Court Preparatory School are eager to speed up the progress of space travel, and none more so than Jennings, whose first task is to find a suitable helmet. But is it really a good idea to take a dome-shaped glass-case, which previ...
Jennings is suffering from beginning-of-term-it is, but things soon return to the normal state of mayhem when his new diary is made public property! Alarmed at the thought of his most private thoughts being made public. Jennings invents a secret lang...
Supersonic hoo-hah! Jennings and Darbishire watched with mounting horror. Earthquakes and landslides seemed to be happening before their eyes. The little hut was heaving like a thing possessed. ‘Oh, fish-hooks!’ breathed Jennings in dismay. ‘He...