by Erich Kästner · Livre de Poche Jeunesse (Le) · libro de bolsillo · ISBN 9782013223966
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«Emile et les détectives» is the children's novel by Erich Kästner, published by Livre de Poche Jeunesse in paperback (224 pages, in French).
Émile travels alone by train for the first time and someone steals the money his mother has entrusted to him. In Berlin he meets a group of boys who are organisational geniuses, and together they devise a plan to follow the thief and recover what was stolen in an adventure full of cunning and humour.
Work originally published as «Emil und die Detektive» in 1929; it is the first volume in the Emil series. French translation by Anne Georges and illustrations by Daniel Maja.
A classic children's and young adult work for readers who enjoy mystery and adventure.
Emil Erich Kästner was a German writer, poet, screenwriter and satirist, known primarily for his humorous, socially astute poems and for children's books including Emil and the Detectives and Lisa and Lottie. He received the international Hans Christian Andersen Award in 1960 for his autobiography When I Was a Little Boy. He was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature in eight separate years.
