Le Petit Nicolas et Les Copains (French Edition) [Mass Market Paperback]

Sempe (Author)

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 9 and up
  
• Mass Market Paperback: 148 pages
• Publisher: Editions Gallimard; 12 edition (January 1997)
• Language: French
• ISBN-10: 2070513424
• ISBN-13: 978-2070513420
• Product Dimensions: 6.7 x 4.9 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.1 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,399,486 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars C'est Magnifique!, August 4, 2004

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Emberweave - See all my reviews

This review is from: Le Petit Nicolas et Les Copains (French Edition) (Mass Market Paperback)

I spent the past year learning French and found this book at a local bookstore. It is HYSTERICAL! It has made learning and maintaining French truly an enjoyable experience. There is so much wonderful humor in this book. I am excited to learn there are more in the series. The situations are funny, nothing is too precious, the kids seem to act like real kids and those poor adults...! I wish I could find an English version to send to my nephew. This is great reading and if you disagree, je vous donnerai une claque!

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Simple stories, subtle humour, easy French, October 14, 2003

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Ian Smith (Grenoble, France) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Le Petit Nicolas et Les Copains (French Edition) (Mass Market Paperback)

Having recently moved to France from the UK I bought this book to help my children learn French. That was the idea. And I'm sure they will like the stories - when they get to see them - because for the moment I am working my way through the book. It is a delightful read, easy vocabulary for a beginning French speaker, and the humour keeps you interested. The book is in the form of a series of self-contained stories told by Nicolas about the group of friends (les copains), each of whom has his own characteristic foibles. I say "his" because being boys of that age they don't like girls, and in one story the rest of the friends are horrified that Nicolas invites his female neighbour for gouter! The humour is also subtle enough in many places that adults will see things that children miss, but the observations of life are very accurate indeed. There were four other books in the series written by Goscinny, and I think they will have to be next on the reading list.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Francais pour chaque niveau, October 14, 2005

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Ryan Keawekane "ma_ryan79" (Seattle, WA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Le Petit Nicolas et Les Copains (French Edition) (Mass Market Paperback)

I too found this book at a (used) bookstore and immediately fell in love with the characters, however oblivious they are of the trouble they cause. And the french is definitely navigable by even the lowest-level speakers!