Erich Kästner

The Flying Classroom

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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.) 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.
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143 printed pages
Copyright owner
Bookwire
Original publication
2014
Publication year
2014
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    ebastian stood on tiptoe, looked through the window and shook his head. ‘Those demigods are dancing the tango again.’
  • xxinhyhas quotedlast year
    Climbing the front of the school building · Some sixth-formers practise for dancing class · A form captain who can lose his temper to good effect · A big white false beard · The story of the adventures of The Flying Classroom · A rehearsal of Johnny’s play in rhyme · And an unexpected interruption
  • Mina Buluthas quoted4 years ago
    Contents

    Title Page
    Foreword Part One
    A discussion between Mrs Kästner and her son · The peak of the Zugspitze mountain · A butterfly called Gottfried · A black and white cat · A little of the eternal snows · A pleasant evening after work · And a farmer’s professional opinion that calves sometimes grow up to be big bullocks
    Foreword Part Two
    The loss of a green pencil · The size of children’s tears · Little Jonathan Trotz and his ocean voyage · Why his grandparents didn’t meet him · In praise of a thick skin · And the urgent necessity of combining courage and intelligence
    Chapter One
    Climbing the front of the school building · Some sixth-formers practise for dancing class · A form captain who can lose his temper to good effect · A big white false beard · The story of the adventures of The Flying Classroom · A rehearsal of Johnny’s play in rhyme · And an unexpected interruption
    Chapter Two

    Içeriği

    Başlık Sayfası
    Önsöz Birinci Bölüm
    Bayan Kästner ve oğlu arasında bir tartışma · Zugspitze Dağı'nın zirvesi · Gottfried adında bir kelebek · Siyah beyaz kedi · Biraz ebedi kar · İşten sonra keyifli bir akşam · Ve bir çiftçinin profesyonel görüşü, buzağıların bazen büyüyüp büyük kabadayılar olduğu.
    Önsöz Bölüm İki
    Yeşil kalemin kaybı · Çocuk gözyaşlarının büyüklüğü · Küçük Jonathan Trotz ve okyanus yolculuğu · Neden dedesi onunla tanışmadı · Kalın bir cilt övgü · Ve cesaret ve zekayı birleştirmenin acil gerekliliği
    Birinci Bölüm
    Okul binasının önüne tırmanma · Bazı altıncı sınıflar dans dersi için pratik yapıyor · İyi etki için öfkesini kaybedebilir bir form kaptanı · Büyük beyaz sahte sakal · Uçan Sınıf'ın maceralarının hikayesi · Johnny'nin oyununun kafiyeli provası · Ve beklenmedik bir kesinti
    Bölüm İki

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