title: Tales from a Village School
author:  Miss Read 
description: Gathers together 25 early short stories by Miss Read, about life as a village schoolteacher. These stories led to her writing her first novel, "Village School", and reveal the seeds of her later novels.
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  The Best Worst  
  School Year Ever
  
  
  Barbara Robinson
  
  
  ![logo](images/logo.jpg)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  _This book is for my daughters—  
  
  
  Carolyn and Margie,  
  
  
  who brighten all the corners of my life. . . ._
  
  
  _—B.R._
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Contents
  
  
  [Cover](cover.html)
  
  
  [Title Page](titlepage.html)
  
  
  
  
  
  [THE HERDMANS . . . BACK AGAIN!](start02.html#start02)
  
  
  [Chapter 1](ch01.html#ch01)
  
  
  [Chapter 2](ch02.html#ch02)
  
  
  [Chapter 3](ch03.html#ch03)
  
  
  [Chapter 4](ch04.html#ch04)
  
  
  [Chapter 5](ch05.html#ch05)
  
  
  [Chapter 6](ch06.html#ch06)
  
  
  [Chapter 7](ch07.html#ch07)
  
  
  [Chapter 8](ch08.html#ch08)
  
  
  [Chapter 9](ch09.html#ch09)
  
  
  
  
  
  [Read more about the Herdmans in The Best Halloween Ever](back01.html#back01)
  
  
  
  
  
  [Other Books by Barbara Robinson](alsoby.html#alsoby01)
  
  
  [Copyright](copyright.html#copy01)
  
  
  [About the Publisher](atp01.html#atp01)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  “Miss Kemp already wrote this year’s assignment on the board,” I told Imogene