Emil and the Detectives
and
The Land of Cockaigne
Both were, I believe, written by German authors between the world
wars, and I wonder whether anyone else remembers reading them.
Just about the only thing I remember about "The Land of Cockaigne" was
that it had hens going about dragging frying pans, and laying eggs
that were immediatelt friend and ready to eat.
Steve Hayes wrote:
Emil and the Detectives
and
The Land of Cockaigne
Both were, I believe, written by German authors between the world
wars, and I wonder whether anyone else remembers reading them.
I only know Emil und die Detektive, written by Erich K|nstner. In fact,
this one is still very popular in Germany and I have read it more than
once with my 5th graders. It has been turned into a film 3 times, the
oldest one is from 1931 and the script was written by Billy Wilder, who
later made it big in Hollywood. I would definitely recommend this for >watching, it's so lovingly made and it shows the old Berlin from before
the war but I do not know if an English version, whether synchronized or >subtitled, is available.
Thanks very much. Good to see that it is still popular with today's
kids. Some say that they won't like it because there are no cell
phones etc.
When I was at school I read a book containing two stories:
Emil and the Detectives
and
The Land of Cockaigne
Both were, I believe, written by German authors between the world
wars, and I wonder whether anyone else remembers reading them.
Thanks very much. Good to see that it is still popular with today's
kids. Some say that they won't like it because there are no cell
phones etc.
Steve Hayes wrote:
When I was at school I read a book containing two stories:
Emil and the Detectives
and
The Land of Cockaigne
Both were, I believe, written by German authors between the world
wars, and I wonder whether anyone else remembers reading them.
I've not heard of the second one, but I remember the first one from my
own childhood! I'm still tremendously fond of it. Very vivid setting
(the plot actually pays attention to public transport and payphone practicalities, can you imagine?)
On 03/07/2024 13.51, jsmith wrote:
Steve Hayes wrote:
When I was at school I read a book containing two stories:
Emil and the Detectives
and
The Land of Cockaigne
Both were, I believe, written by German authors between the world
wars, and I wonder whether anyone else remembers reading them.
I've not heard of the second one, but I remember the first one from my
own childhood! I'm still tremendously fond of it. Very vivid setting
(the plot actually pays attention to public transport and payphone
practicalities, can you imagine?)
I first heard of Emil's author, Erich K|nstner, when a classmate in sixth >grade gave a book report on his _The 35th of May_, which led me to >immediately check it out from our school library. Great fun!
Speaking of phones and public transportation, in Chapter V, it portrayed
a man on a moving walkway, who decided to make a call on his mobile phone.
He got off the walkway to deal with it!
I never read Emil until I checked it out (from a library in a different >state) to read it to my son. For me, it was so-so.
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