Synopses & Reviews
Originally published in 1929, Erich Kästners engaging tale has delighted readers young and old for generations. Its Emils first train ride alone and hes excitedand a little nervous. On the train, his fellow passengers are impressed with how polite and grown-up Emil is, and the man in the bowler hat offers him some chocolatebut Emil keeps checking his coat pocket, where hes pinned the money that he is taking to his grandmother. Soon, though, Emil finds himself getting sleepy . . . and the next thing he knows, the man in the bowler hat is gone and so is the money! With the help of some new friends Emil becomes a detective and tracks the thief through the city.
Filled with enduring themes of leadership, courage, and teamwork, and the delightful illustrations of Walter Trier, Emil and the Detectives is a rollicking, heartwarming tale come alive.
Review
“This effervescent little story is all about boy power…Enjoyable? You betcha.”—
The Denver Post
“There is something sweet and pure about Kästners writing.”—Los Angeles Times
“Kästner makes the concerns of the book child-sized but enormous…The main pleasure is in the way in which it plays to the fantasy of omnipotence in a child.”—The Guardian
Synopsis
Filled with enduring themes of leadership, courage, and teamwork, and the delightful illustrations of Walter Trier, Emil and the Detectives is a rollicking, heartwarming tale come alive.
About the Author
Erich Kästner (1899-1974) was one of the best-known international childrens authors of the twentieth century, as well as a poet, screenwriter and satirist. He was awarded the American Library Association Mildred L. Batchelder Award and the Hans Christian Andersen Award. Walter Trier (1890-1951) was a celebrated childrens book illustrator. Maurice Bernard Sendak (19282012) was an internationally renowned American illustrator and writer of childrens books, best known for Where the Wild Things Are. He was the recipient of a Hans Christian Andersen Award for Illustration, a Caldecott Medal, a National Book Award, and a National Medal of Arts.