Book 1Available now
The Learners We Nearly Lose
Seeing potential beyond attendance, behaviour and grades.
Education • Fiction • Children’s stories
Books for the people who keep showing up.
Practical education books, honest FE fiction and illustrated children’s adventures from Lynsey Elliott. For educators, families and readers who believe everyone deserves a place to belong.
The Back in the Room Shop
Everything we’re creating, in one place.
Browse education books, The Miss Series, children’s dragon stories, classroom resources and planners. Available books link directly to Amazon; forthcoming releases are clearly labelled.
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Education Books 1–6
Practical, human-centred guidance for FE educators.
View the collection 02The Miss Series
Funny, warm novels about Lucy Harper and real FE chaos.
View the series 03Children’s Dragon Collection
Meet Maximus, Muppet and their friends in illustrated adventures about ADHD, anxiety, dyslexia, autism, kindness and belonging.
Discover the books & dragons 04Teaching Resources
Teacher tools, learner workbooks and ready-to-use classroom materials.
See what’s coming 05AI & Digital Learning
AI, digital confidence and workload — explained clearly for educators.
Explore the free AI & Digital Learning Hub 06Planners & New Projects
FE planners, calendars, stationery and books currently in development.
Preview future releasesAvailable now
The Learners We Nearly Lose
Available now · The Miss Series, Book 1
Miss, Is It Half Term Yet?
Kindle available now · Education Book 3
Calm, Clear & Consistent
Paperback coming soon. The buying link will appear here when it is available.
Available now · Education Book 2
Meet Me Halfway
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The book that opened the door
The Learners We Nearly Lose
Seeing potential beyond attendance, behaviour and grades
For teachers, tutors, support teams and leaders who know that behaviour is communication—and that belonging can change a learner’s direction.
Available nowBack in the Room Education
The complete Books 1–6 collection
Six distinct, practical books. One shared belief: the route may change, but no learner should be reduced to a number, label or difficult moment.
Book 2Available now
Meet Me Halfway
Relationships, trust and boundaries in real FE classrooms.
Book 3Kindle available now
Calm, Clear & Consistent
Behaviour, expectations and classroom management.
Paperback coming soon. The buying link will appear here when it is available.
Book 4Coming soon
AI Without the Jargon
AI, digital confidence and workload—explained clearly.
Find out more about AI & Digital Learning
Book 5Coming soon
Do This, Not That
Small educator choices. Bigger learner impact.
Book 6Coming soon
Change the Route, Not the Destination
Small changes in teaching that help more learners succeed.
AI & Digital Learning
Technology for real classrooms, without the jargon.
AI is already changing how teachers plan, mark and communicate — and how learners study. Book 4 of the Back in the Room collection, AI Without the Jargon, explains what AI and digital tools actually mean for further education, in plain English.
- AI, digital confidence and workload — explained clearly.
- Written for FE educators, in the same practical, human-centred style as the rest of the collection.
- Digital and AI themes will also run through the forthcoming teaching resources and CPD packs.
The Dragon Collection · Ages 6–9
Little dragons. Big feelings. A place for everyone.
Meet funny, kind-hearted Maximus, his best friend Muppet, and a wonderfully different dragon family. Their illustrated adventures gently explore ADHD, autism, dyslexia, dyspraxia, anxiety, sensory differences and more — with friendship, kindness and belonging at the heart of every story.
Each book includes Meet the Dragons, with a little more to discover about every friend.
Book 1 is in Amazon review for Kindle and paperback. The rest of the collection is in development. Buying links will follow once available.
Coming soon: Lower KS2 Moon Meadow Missions and Upper KS2 Choose Your Adventure stories.
Book 1 · In Amazon review
Maximus and the Smallest Brave Thing
Kindle and paperback submitted for Amazon review. Buying links will follow once available.
Friendship, dyspraxia and making room for a different way.
Discover Book 1
Book 2 · In development
Maximus and Muppet’s Moonlight Story
Dyslexia, storytelling and finding room for your voice.
Discover Book 2The Miss Series
Teaching FE: you couldn’t make it up.
A funny, warm and painfully relatable fiction series about teaching, friendship, family, forgotten passwords, urgent emails, cold coffee and counting down to half term.
Funny FE fictionFE fiction seriesBook One available now
Miss, Is It Half Term Yet?
Lucy Harper thought becoming a teacher meant teaching. That was adorable. Luckily, she has Nina, Becca, Jo and Danny beside her—and enough coffee to survive almost anything.
Paperback and Kindle editions are available on Amazon. Choose your format to see the latest price and availability.
BOOK ONE • AVAILABLE NOWLucy Harper’s FE journey
The Miss Series
One teacher. Endless emails, cold coffee and classroom chaos. Book One is available now in paperback and Kindle. Book Two is in production, with more stories to follow.
Book 1
Miss, Is It Half Term Yet?
Available now
Book 2
I Said I Was a Teacher, I Didn’t Say I Had My Life Together
In production
Book 3
Miss, Can We Have a Word?
Coming soon
Book 4
Miss, This Seemed Like a Good Idea at the Time
Coming soon
Book 5
Nobody Mentioned This in Teacher Training
Coming soon
Book 6
Miss, You’re Not Actually Leaving, Are You?
Coming soon
Book 7
Well… That Didn’t Go to Plan!
Coming soon
Book 8
I Was Only Supposed to Be Covering!
Coming soon
Book 9
Apparently, I’m in Charge Now!
Coming soon
Book 10
Miss, Was It Worth It?
Coming soonPractical support for real classrooms
Resources & professional development
Back in the Room titles are being developed alongside useful materials educators can take directly into practice.
Free right now
Dragon colouring pages
Seven friendly dragons to colour — Maximus, Muppet, Jasper, Milo, Cottonwool, Bella and Biscuit.
Download PDFDragon feelings check-in
A gentle daily check-in sheet for children to show how they feel.
Download PDF“Room for everyone” poster
A colour-in poster for classrooms, libraries and bedrooms.
Download PDFReading adventurer record
A reading log with stars to colour for every finished story.
Download PDFAI & Digital Learning Hub
50 copyable AI prompts, lesson templates, SEND guidance, audits and CPD signposts.
Explore the HubEveryone in Moon Meadow
All the dragon friends, grown-ups and extended families in one meadow. Colour and colour-in versions, with A2 and A4 PDFs.
Choose your Moon Meadow posterIn development
Teacher resource packs
Reflection tools, conversation prompts, templates and practical sheets linked to the education books.
Learner workbooks
Supportive, accessible activities that help learners reflect, plan and move forward.
PowerPoint & CPD packs
Ready-to-deliver staff-development materials for teaching, support and pastoral teams.
Department implementation packs
Structured, college-ready resources for turning human-centred ideas into consistent practice.
Perfect Teacher Agreement
A practical team tool for agreeing the everyday behaviours that make learning feel safe and consistent.
Student resources
Practical planning, confidence and progression materials designed for real FE learners.
Currently on Lynsey’s desk
Planners, calendars & future projects
These products are being developed now and will move into the Shop as soon as they are ready.
Miss, What’s the Plan?
An undated FE teacher planner with useful pages, classroom organisation and Miss-series humour.
Miss, Is It Half Term Yet? — FE Teacher Survival Calendar 2027
A funny, practical calendar for the FE year, deadlines and half-term countdowns.
Back in the Room — FE Teacher Academic Planner 2027–28
Planning space for teaching, assessment, meetings, learner support and the jobs between the jobs.
Back in the Room — Family Chaos Calendar 2027
Multi-person family planning for appointments, school dates, birthdays, clubs, meals and bills.
The Long Way Round
A new fiction project inspired by a life lived the long way round, with identities and details fictionalised.
Miss stationery & journals
Useful teacher stationery, notebooks and journals carrying the humour and heart of The Miss Series.
Educator • Author • Creator
Meet Lynsey Elliott
Lynsey is an award-winning further education lecturer, assessor and course leader, and the creator of Back in the Room Education. Her writing combines honest classroom reflection, practical strategies and the belief that learners should never be reduced to attendance figures, behaviour records or grades.
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