Jennings Goes to School

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A comedy classic - Rated
My older sister read this - and the rest of the series - to me when I was ten and we laughed ourselves sick. Now my own children laugh themselves sick over the exploits of Jennings, Darbishire, Bod, Mr Wilkins, etc. The comedy of misunderstandings doesn't date, and the slang is truly hilarious. If there's a funnier book out there I'd love to read it.

Still chuckling, 40 years on! - Rated
I first read this book at the age of 6 or 7 (I am now 48) and giggled at the daft exploits of the good-natured Jennings and his bewildered sidekick, Darbishire. The Jennings books were read and re-read until they fell apart. I very much enjoyed introducing my children (now aged 16 and 21) to Jennings, and they found the books as entertaining as I did. Jennings is as delightful a character as you're ever likely to meet in children's fiction.

The birth of a legend - Rated
This was the book that started it all. The book that introduced us to Jenning, Derbyshire, Mr Wilkins and others. Over 40 years on, and Jennings is still causing havoc at Linbury Court School.

Suffer as Jennings encounters bullying on his first day, share his triumph as he turns the tables on his bullies and becomes the leader of his form, without having to use violence or malice.

I find I enjoy these books as much as a teacher, as I did as a school boy.

Read as a child - Rated
I read the Jennings series as a child, and laughed the whole way through. Jennings is great fun for boys or girls. When I read Harry Potter and the Philospher's Stone, it reminded more of the Jennings series than of any fantasy novel I have read.

great fun - Rated
when u start reading jenning -at 18--u wonder what u did when u were 11--u wonder why u didn't have all the adventures that jennings seems to have--do read the books --they are the funniest school stories ever.