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Emil und die Detektive

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Part of the German-language Easy Reader series, this graded reader is a fast-moving "detective" story. Emil is a boy who is going to visit his grandmother in the big city. His money is stolen on the train, and the rest of the story is about all the people he meets as the thief is pursued. (This series is divided up into four levels, A through D. Each category supposes that the reader has a certain amount of acquired vocabulary before beginning, then builds on that to increase the reader's ability in the language. I myself have 14 titles in German, but there are more. Easy Reader/EMC Paradigm markets readers in several other languages, including French, Spanish and Italian.)

This book is for those who wish to begin reading German books, it's not too hard to read and it's a fun fast paced book.

This was one of the books that Hitler burned when he came into power, and yet it survived. At first I was puzzled as to why this book was part of the bookburning back in those days, I thought there was a serious theme that could have gone trough the censorships of those days, namely the message "work together to accomplish the goal"

Well after discussing this issue with my German teacher he explained that there was also a more shallow message children could have picked up on, "Adults are not always right", he explained that in those days this book was seen as a book that could have caused children to disrespect their elders, and even have them question authority.

This book might be an easy read, but when you scratch the surface of this book it will reveal a part of history.

This is a classic 2d year German text. It tells of the adventures of a boy (Emil) on a trip with enough mysterious goings on to retain the Junior High or High School Sophomore's interest to the the end. Great for polishing up rusty German for the adult.