Emil And The Detectives

Nov 16, 2024 8:59 AM

Author:Erich Kästner

If Mrs Tischbein had known the amazing adventures her son Emil would have in Berlin, she'd never have let him go.

Unfortunately, when his seven pounds goes missing on the train, Emil is determined to get it back - and when he teams up with the detectives he meets in Berlin, it's just the start of a marvellous money-retrieving adventure . . .

A classic and influential story, Emil and the Detectives remains an enthralling read.

From November 16th 2013, an exciting new adaptation of Emil and the Detectives will be playing at the National Theatre in London.

Reviews

First published in 1929, this is an exciting story about a boy who loses some money and, along with a group of new friends, manages to corner the thief.

—— Michael Rosen , S Magazine, Sunday Express

Emil is a wonder... the book had, and still has, the effect of making me feel part of Emil's little gang of boys... Emil and the Detectives is a little masterpiece... Read it and you will be happy

—— Maurice Sendak

The main pleasure of the book is in the way in which it plays to the fantasy of omnipotence in a child: that a team of kids could really organise themselves into a team of detectives and catch a thief

—— Michael Rosen , Guardian

The perfect introduction to the world of fictional crime detection

—— Independent

Robert Swindells writes the kinds of books that are so scary you're afraid to turn the page

—— Daily Telegraph

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