Geoffrey Willans 
Down With Skool! 
A guide to school life for tiny pupils and their parents

If headmasters were honest a prospectus would be a book which sa how many kanes he hav, contane a warning about the skool dog and the amount of prunes and rice served during the term.Nigel Molesworth may not be the best student St Custard’s will ever have, but he is certainly able to express his feelings about his beloved school — not to mention botany walks and foopball. With his handy guide to Masters at a Glance (Know the Enemy) and Lessons (chiz chiz) and How to Avoid Them, no noble brave fearless etc. boy will ever have to suffer at the hands of the ‘swots, bulies, milksops greedy guts and oiks’ ever again WIZZ.