The Flying Classroom - Brossura

Kaestner, Erich

Brossura

ISBN 10: 1782690565 ISBN 13: 9781782690566

Casa editrice: Pushkin Childrens Books, 2014

Riassunto

Martin's school is no ordinary school. There are snowball fights, kidnappings, cakes, a parachute jump, a mysterious man called 'No-Smoking' who lives in a railway carriage and a play about a flying classroom.

As the Christmas holidays draw near, Martin and his friends - nervous Uli, cynical Sebastian, Johnny, who was rescued by a sea captain, and Matthias, who is always hungry (particularly after a meal) - are preparing for the end of term festivities. But there are surprises, sadness and trouble on the way - and a secret that changes everything.  

The Flying Classroom is a magical, thrilling and bittersweet story about friendship, fun and being brave when you are at your most scared. (It also features a calf called Eduard, but you will have to read it to find out why).

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Recensione

'There are so many books where it's the combination of author and illustrator that makes you love them. In the case of The Flying Classroom and The Parent Trap... it's the combo of author, illustrator and translator. The bold line drawings by Walter Trier are the work of genius... As for the stories, if you're a fan of Emil and the Detectives, then you'll find these just as spirited' Melanie McDonagh, Spectator Children's Books of the Year

'A perfect story for Christmas!... The Flying Classroom tells of the friendships and adventures of a group of lively boys... As Christmas gets ever closer, hopes and fears are raised and, in the final pages, beautifully resolved' Julia Eccleshare, Lovereading4kids Children's Books of the Year

'A treasure-trove of childhood reading" Huffington Post

'Gorgeous' Books Are My Bag

'A marvellous piece of history... This book moved me to a place that few books do. Oh, just buy it!' Bookwitch

'It's not the most famous book by the author of Emil and the Detectives but it's his best. This lovely looking reissue breathes new life into the school story' The Times Children's Books of the Year

'Generous and wise' Guardian Children's Books of the Year

'(On both The Parent Trap and The Flying Classroom) I enjoyed every word of both, before reluctantly passing them onto my grandson. They explore childhood with wit and invention while spinning magical yarns interwoven with the erratic and bizarre actions of adults and the independent-mindedness of children' Amanda Hopkinson, PEN Atlas Books of the Year

'Magical' Daniel Hahn, Independent Children's Books of the Year

'Warmly recommended... dazzles with its perceptive depiction of schoolboys, schoolmasters and snowballing' --Irish Times

A treasure-trove of childhood reading --Huffington Post

L'autore

Erich Kästner, writer, poet and journalist, was born in Dresden in 1899. His first children's book, Emil and the Detectives, was published in 1929 and has since sold millions of copies around the world and been translated into around 60 languages. After the Nazis took power in Germany, Kästner's books were burnt and he was excluded from the writers' guild. He won many awards, including the prestigious Hans Christian Andersen Award in 1960. He died in 1974.

 

Translated from the German by Anthea Bell.

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• Editore: Pushkin Childrens Books
• Data di pubblicazione: 2014
• ISBN 10: 1782690565
• ISBN 13: 9781782690566
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero edizione: 3
• Numero di pagine: 155
• Disegnatore: Trier Walter