Rene Goscinny Quotes

“This book brings to life the day to day adventures of a young school boy - amusing, endearing and always in trouble.”

″ It’s about a young French boy, Nicholas, and his school friends. It’s written in first-person as Nicholas, and what I found particularly endearing was the way the sentences read as though they were really written by a seven year old.”

“Each chapter is like a short story or an individual episode, and his reactions to the things that happen are very unique.”

″...Alec hit him on the cap with his tomahawk and said he was taking him prisoner and Rufus was upset because he’d dropped his whistle in the grass ..”

″...and I was crying a bit and telling Eddie this was my yard and I never wanted anything to do with him again, and everyone was shouting and it was all great, we were having a fantastic time.”

″ An only child, Nicholas, appears older at school than he does as home, and his touchingly naive reactions to situations cut through the preconceptions of adults and result in a formidable sequence of escapades. ”

“This first book in the series contains a collection of nineteen individual stories where, in spite of trying to be good, Nicholas and his friends always seem to end up in some kind of mischief.”

“Whether in the school room, at home, or in the playground, their exuberance often takes over and the results are calamitous - at least for their teachers and parents.”

“Whether confusing the photographer hired to take the class picture, dealing with having to wear glasses for the first time,..”

″..or trying desperately to help the teacher when the school inspector pays a visit, Nicholas always manages to make matters worse.”