Complete set of Jennings books by Anthony Buckeridge
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Overview: Here are all twenty four books in the Jennings series by Anthony Buckeridge. They were mostly prepared from first / early editions. In some cases, illustrations from the French versions were added to the English version, where the English version did not have any illustrations.
Genre: Fiction > Children/Young Adult
1. Jennings Goes to School Jennings’s first term at Linbury Court. He befriends Darbishire, foxes into town in disguise, accidentally kicks the Archbeako on the kneecap while practising his football-skills, displays too much (or not enough) initiative during fire practice, and has a hair-raising incident with a poisonous spider.
2. Jennings Follows a Clue Jennings founds the Linbury Court Detective Agency, tracks a suspected burglar to his thieves’ kitchen, sees mysterious lights in the sanatorium, and solves the burglary of the trophies from the library on Sports Day.
3. Jennings’ Little Hut Jennings and Darbishire build a hut by the pond in the grounds (as do all their friends), take a goldfish for a walk in the swimming pool and have a trying afternoon with a pane of glass. Jennings falls into the pond while he, Darbishire, Temple and Venables are sailing their home-made yacht ‘The Revenge’ on an illicit Sunday visit to said pond – and this, together with the small matter of Jennings and Darbishire’s hut collapsing on the visiting Archbeako, leads to a temporary ban on hut-building. Darbishire makes his one and only appearance in an inter-house cricket match and makes a memorable last wicket stand.
4. Jennings and Darbishire Jennings and Darbishire set up their own newspaper, the Form Three Times, have a confusing chat with some French sailors, accidentally set a photography developing dish on fire, try a spot of fishing – down Old Wilkie’s chimney – and get lost in the environs of Pottlewhistle Halt. Old Wilkie’s sister comes to their rescue when Venables makes a ghastly bish, and gives them a scoop about Old Wilkie’s sporting past.
5. Jennings’ Diary Jennings undertakes to keep a diary for the year: it records his attempts to start a Form 3 museum, to find the missing link, and to uncover a genuine Roman fake – which doesn’t go down too well with the curator of the Dunhambury Museum or Old Wilkie.
6. According to Jennings A space-age craze hits Linbury Court leading to an unfortunate incident with a glass dome, an even more unfortunate incident with General Sir Melville Merridew, and a memorable visit to Dunhambury Cricket Ground. Rumours that Old Wilkie is leaving lead to the ringing out of a wild bell.
7. Our Friend Jennings Jennings and Darbishire go for a cross-country run on a bus, spend an afternoon trying the patience of the patrons of the local cinema and manage to flash unintentional SOS signals in the dorms after getting locked in the boiler-room following an abortive attempt to roast chestnuts on the fire down there. Attempts to stage their masterpiece The Miser’s Secret (starring Venables as Mr ‘Hem Hem’ Brown) are doomed to failure, but instead they perform part of Henry V with an unexpected guest.
8. Thanks To Jennings Darbishire patents his method of removing heads from park railings with the aid of Jack Carr’s car jack. Jennings finds and loses FJ Saunders, Atkinson’s guinea pig; uncovers a case of suspected furtive feasting amongst the masters; and saves the day when a Ministry of Schools inspector visits Old Wilkie’s history class.
9. Take Jennings, for Instance Aunt Angela gives Jennings a bicycle, which leads to a chain of events involving a runaway boat, PC Honeyball, and the Spanish Armada. The Form 3 Natural History Club (Jennings, JCT, Chief Spotter, Frog and Tadpole Dept) threatens to disrupt the smooth running of Linbury Court but its activities are saved by the intervention of a scientific frogman on prizegiving day.
10. Jennings, as Usual In the Christmas term, Jennings has a short-lived and disastrous promotion to dorm monitor, sets his rubber alight in the classroom, risks Old Wilkie’s wrath by drawing an unflattering caricature of him, and improves his piano playing with the aid of a gramophone record, before exchanging gifts and the comps of the season with Old Wilkie at the end-of-term party.
11. The Trouble With Jennings Jennings’s resolution to be decent to old people like the masters goes awry when he floods the bathroom with a syphon, impersonates Lady Macbeth sleepwalking, and inadvertently causes a fire drill after lights out. But all is resolved at a triumphant Old People’s At Home (RIP) in the tuck box room, with some help from Mr Carter and Old Wilkie. Meanwhile, Darbishire has some problems of his own, firstly when Mr Hind chooses him to play a recorder solo at the school concert. Darbishire duly practises his fingering-technique on his toothbrush – a pity that he tries to play said toothbrush on the night of the concert! Soon after that, the butter that he’s carrying in his blazer pocket (his contribution to the aforementioned ‘At Home’ event) melts during a maths coaching session with Old Wilkie – much to the latter’s fury.
12. Just Like Jennings Jennings and Darbishire’s summer term at Linbury gets off to a ropey start even before their arrival at the school. First, they nearly miss the train, then, after Jennings loses his ticket, the pair move further down the train to escape Old Wilkie’s wrath, only to find that their carriage has split off from the others. Fortunately, the train driver and his mate take pity on them and arrange transport for them to Dunhambury – just in time for them to join the others on the bus. The pair later discover a suspected spy in the woods and an abominable snow-cat on the balcony. Aunt Angela’s cake-baking prowess comes in handy when Jennings breaks a vase belonging to Old Wilkie.
13. Leave it to Jennings Madame Olivera from the Inscrutable East (AKA Miss Tubbs of the Linbury Post Office bacon counter) tells Jennings’s fortune and predicts a journey over land and sea, an unexpected legacy and that he will succeed in an ambition close to his heart. But no one foresees the chaos during the term as the three predictions come true.
14. Jennings, Of Course! Jennings starts the term by getting himself wet and muddy yet again – in a ditch this time – but is lucky enough to be able to get his clothes dry-cleaned without either the masters or Matron finding out. He then proves more of a hindrance than a help to Old Wilkie’s campaign to empty the lost property cupboard but all is forgiven when it leads to the appointment of a new cook. And Old Wilkie saves the day when Jennings conjures up a potential disaster at the end of term concert.
15. Especially Jennings! The Jennings Membership Club is launched with mysterious objectives. Jennings gets mistaken for a burglar (again), accidentally gets Old Wilkie accused of stealing his own car, and goes to great efforts to win la plume de sa tante before Mr Carter suggests a worthy cause for the JMC’s outstanding funds.
16. Jennings Abounding Jennings helped get the Fire Brigade in time to put out the fire, but luckily the Head didn’t ask any questions. And then there was the business of the racing pigeon.
17. Jennings in Particular A daring rescue mission is needed when Jennings and Darbishire get trapped in the attic whilst fielding at the first ever inter-planetary cricket match, and it later becomes clear that even the best regulated of boarding schools cannot cope when a certain member of Form 3 accidentally wins a pig. Later, the pig is exchanged for a jar of bath salts, which Jennings gives to Matron – only to discover, to his horror, that the jar may also contain a drawing pin. Meanwhile, Darbishire discovers a link between Pythagoras and travelling arrangements for fat and thin Red Indian women – much to Old Wilkie’s despair!
18. Trust Jennings! At Linbury Court, it’s certainly a case of remember, remember the fifth of November when Jennings copyrights his famous plan for members of Form 3 to act as Public Relations Officer to G Fawkes Esq (deceased) to raise funds for Famine Relief, undergoing an emergency haircut, an accidental mis-use of Old Wilkie’s sports coat, and a day out in Dunhambury with a honky tonk piano in tow.
19. The Jennings Report Jennings plans to report on a mathematical comparison of TV aerials in rural (Linbury) and urban (Dunhambury) locations – but gets distracted with the care of Old Sleepy, the top secret hedgehog.
20. Typically Jennings! Two broken tennis rackets lead to Jennings becoming a potholer and Darbishire a prehistoric cave painter, not to mention an explosive attempt to make a cup of tea for Old Wilkie on the school picnic. Meanwhile, Jennings’ plan to listen to the test match in class lead to trouble for Bromwich, who resorts to giving an Old Master to a not quite so old master to get his portable transistor back.
21. Speaking of Jennings! A notice outside the village shop for a fishing rod for sale for 50p gives Jennings a brilliant money-making idea. Unfortunately it leads to his involvement with the dubious Wally Pink, while Linbury Court school is rocked by the affair of the missing toadstall-eating gerbils and the mysterious refusal of the birds to eat seventy-nine burnt breakfasts. Not to mention Old Wilkie’s overdue library book.
22. Jennings at Large The only story set in the school holidays, in which Jennings, Darbishire and their friends go on a camping trip with Mr Carter and Mr Wilkins – needless to say that chaos soon ensues, partly involving the feisty Major Rudkin, aka Major Trigger-Happy. Jennings then goes to stay with his Aunt Angela in her London flat, where he befriends Emma, a girl who lives in the same block – cue yet more chaos, especially for Aunt Angela and the block’s caretaker, Herbert Fagg! Still to come are some further (and potentially explosive) encounters with Major Trigger-Happy.
23. Jennings Again! Under the patronage of Miss Thorpe, Linbury is going green – collecting of rubbish, recycling, distribution of leaflets to raise awareness. The pupils at Linbury Court are desperate to help. But, as always with Jennings and Darbishire, good will is not synonymous with effectiveness and precious tropical fish are soon put in danger.
24. That’s Jennings Jennings is certain that Mr Wilkins will forget all about the Form Three maths test if they butter him up a bit by welcoming him back with a nice pot plant and a get-well-soon card. How could Jennings know that his plan would backfire so abominably? The third-formers at Linbury Court have set up a Natural History club, and Jennings is keen to build up a collection of tadpoles.
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