The Flying Classroom (Puffin Books) - Softcover

Erich, Kastner

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9780140303117: The Flying Classroom (Puffin Books)

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0140303111 ISBN 13: 9780140303117

Publisher: Puffin, 1989

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This story is about the unsuccessful planned performance of a play "The Flying Classroom" which, had it not been stalled by a kidnapping, would have been part of the school's Christmas celebrations.

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Review:

'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

About the Author:

Erich K�stner was born in Dresden in 1899. He began his career as a journalist for the New Leipzig newspaper in 1922, but moved to Berlin in 1927 to begin working as a freelance journalist and theatre critic. In 1929 he published his first book for children, Emil and the Detectives, which has since been translated into 60 languages, achieving international recognition and selling millions of copies around the world. He subsequently published both Dot and Anton and The Flying Classroom, before turning to adult fiction with his 1931 satire Going to the Dogs. After the Nazis took power in Germany, K�stner's books were burnt on Berlin's Opera Square and over the period of 1937-42 he faced repeated arrest and interrogation by the Gestapo, resulting in his blacklisting and exclusion from the writers' guild. After the end of World War II, K�stner moved to Munich and published The Parent Trap, later adapted into a hit film by Walt Disney. In 1957 he received the Georg B�chner Prize and, later, the Order of Merit and the prestigious Hans Christian Andersen Award for his contribution to children's literature. K�stner died in Munich in 1974.

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