The Flying Classroom

Erich Kästner author Anthea Bell translator Walter Trier illustrator

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Pushkin Children's Books

Publishing:25th Sep '25

£9.99

This title is due to be published on 25th September, and will be despatched as soon as possible.

The Flying Classroom cover

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.)

"a memorable exploration of bravery, boyhood and friendships that last, albeit in a world that would soon vanish." — The Wall Street Journal

"Originally published in 1935 and charmingly illustrated by Trier, Kästner's (Emil and the Detectives) pleasingly sentimental tale of early 20th-century boarding-school life gets the opportunity to reach a new audience, courtesy of Bell's new translation." --Publishers Weekly

 

'A little masterpiece... Read it and you will be happy'  Maurice Sendak

'Marvellous' Philip Pullman

'My favourite book as a child... funny, exciting and very atmospheric'  Michael Rosen

Praise for Emil and the Detectives:


'Walter Trier's deceptively innocent drawings are as classic as Kästner's words; I never tire of them'  Quentin Blake

ISBN: 9781782694656

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: unknown

160 pages