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U**A
Yikes. Just like I remembered it...
Yup, just as quirky as I recalled it... unfortunately that comes with all the outdated social norms too. Parents ignoring kids, kids thumping kids, parents being manipulative with each other. Yikes. Good fun!
V**L
Kids 8 and over should read this book.
I recommend this book for kids 8 and over because they’re some bad things that can influence kids 7 and younger, causing them to misbehave.And it’s actually pretty funny 😂.
S**A
Classic great books.
These books are classic and as funny for children as they are for adults. It so funny how relevant a lot of the stories still are today. These book are our favorite books to read as family because they are so funny.
B**.
Great book for boys
Great book for boys! It’s hard to find a good read for boys. My whole family enjoyed this book. It’s AR!
J**O
funny book; thoroughly enjoyable
delightful, funny book; thoroughly enjoyable. Highly recommended for fun-loving boys. Well-written and without a hint of PC. This is how children's books should be!
P**S
My 6 yr old loves Nicholas and we always have a great laugh at bedtime
Nicholas is the French Calvin minus the Hobbes! He is a little imp! My 6 yr old loves Nicholas and we always have a great laugh at bedtime!
C**P
A humorous, entertaining series
I have a young, mischievous son named Nicholas whose reputation is known throughout my family. My sister came across the Nicholas series in a book catalog and mentioned it to me. I checked the first book out at our local library and thoroughly enjoyed it, as did my 9-year-old daughter. Although the series was written in France in the 1960's, one can still relate to its humor today. I have bought the 3 available books, plus pre-ordered the fourth. Hopefully, my Nicholas will enjoy this series when he is a little older, too!
P**R
Very funny. Enjoyable read for all age levels
Very funny. Enjoyable read for all age levels.
H**E
Children's Story for Grown-Ups
It istn't the first Nicholas book that I've read and so I actually knew what to expect.You wouldn't think it possible to constantly get new and humorous twists of mischief out of just a bunch of primary school boys, but that's exactly what happens.Inevitaby nearly every little story takes you back to your own childhood and makes you wonder why your thoughts were so surprisingly compatible with those of our "heroes".I myself use the books as reading material in adult education in Germany at the level of "advanced beginners (B2)" and have had no negative feedback so far,from no matter which age groups... and they range from about twenty to over ninety years of age.This book itself, with its lovely blue cover and embossed Nicholas is really a jewel for the bookshelf, and because the stories aren't so very long, it makes reading easy and relaxed.The translation from the original French into English has lost nothing of its to the point humour.
M**Y
Classic Nicholas
This is the second of four books about Nicholas. They are all the same format, short, humorous stories told as if by Nicholas, a small French schoolboy, about the life of adventures that he and his gang of friends get up to. The first three are concerned with his school life and the last is about what he gets up to in the holidays.This rerelease by Phaidon is a welcome return to a childhood favourite of mine. These are beautiful clothbound hardbacks with the original illustrations which do much to add to the wit and humour of the stories. My children love them and I love reading them to my children.In this collection our favourites have been Uncle George's Nose and The Medical Examination.
F**R
A classic for all ages
I love these books. Some years ago my daughter and her family, along with two crew, were sailing from the state of Maine to the Isle of Wight, and I grabbed the excuse to join the boat in Greenland. I brought one of the Nicholas books with me, and each evening before dinner I would read a chapter to the assembled cast of characters: a five-year-old, a three-year-old, their parents, my wife, and the twenty-something lad and lass who worked as crew. We all eight of us, spanning seventy years, four generations, and three nationalities, wept with laughter. Nicholas was the highlight of our day, ranking right up there with the Northern Lights and the foundation of Erik the Red's house at Bratalhid.
M**L
Five Stars
THESE BOOKS ARE GREAT...BOUGHT FOR MY GRANDSON.
E**O
Four Stars
Delivered on time. New as stated.
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