Mr Wilkins' behaviour is hardly surprising, since to go for a cross country run on a bus is not usually recognised school behaviour. But it seemed a perfectly reasonable thing to do to Jennings when he and Darbishire were going to be late back at school. That is the trouble with Jennings, he has his own extraordinary way of doing things. Simple matters become very complicated whenever he takes charge. There were the free stamps he so generously gave away to his friends, only to discover that they had been sent by the stampmakers on approval. There was the valuable Penny Black stamp that blew away and had to be retrieved from the gutter by a butterfly net. There was the episode of Panama Pete of Dead Man's Gulch, and the missing school cap. Not to mention Darbishire's false moustache and Mr Wilkins' part in Jennings' form play, all in all, the exuberant Jennings has his work cut out as the whole term billows along in a torrent of ups and downs.

Another of Anthony Buckeridge's well known and much loved books about Jennings and his friends, whose entertaining adventures have already been told on television, radio, films, records, in stage plays and on tape cassette. The books have been translated into twelve languages and sold more than three million copies. Now they have been completely re-edited by the author, so a new generation of young readers will revel in each really funny story about Jennings and his adventures.

ISBN: 0 86391 090 0
176pp Hardback
Our RRP £7.25