Nicholas Again

by Goscinny, Rene; Sempé, Jean-Jacques; Bell, Anthea

• ISBN13: 9780714845647
• ISBN10: 0714845647
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2006-03-14
• Publisher: Phaidon Press

Summary

NICHOLAS AGAIN is the second in the acclaimed Nicholas children's book series, featuring the adventures of a young French schoolboy who is always getting into trouble.With text by Ren+ Goscinny, the beloved author of the Asterix the Gaul series, and with illustrations by the New Yorker cover artist Jean-Jacques Semp+, NICHOLAS AGAIN is available in English for the first time for an American audience. The first book in the series, Nicholas, won The 2006 Batchelder Honor Award for outstanding children's books originally published in a foreign language.NICHOLAS AGAIN is the charming second title in this well-loved series of books, bringing to life the adventures and exploits of Nicholas and his friends who include Alec, Matthew, Eddie, Rufus and Cuthbert.Whether at school or at home, the children are caught up in a series of hilarious escapades that always result in confusion - at least for their teachers and parents.Each of the seventeen funny short stories featured in the book celebrate an aspect of this archetypal lad's childhood.

Author Biography

Jean-Jacques Sempé (b.1932) is one of the world's most successful illustrators and cartoonists. He is the illustrator of the classic children's-book character, Nicholas, and author of a collection of some thirty albums of his cartoons and graphic novels, all published or to be published by Phaidon. His world-renowned illustrations and cartoons are featured on the cover of the New Yorker and in Paris Match.

René Goscinny (1926 - 1977) is the world-famous writer and creator, along with Albert Uderzo, of the adventures of Asterix the Gaul. Born in Paris, Goscinny lived in Buenos Aires and New York before returning to France in the 1950s where he met Jean-Jacques Sempé. They collaborated on picture strips and then stories about Nicholas, the popular French schoolboy. An internationally successful children's author who also won awards for his animated cartoons, Goscinny died in 1977.

Anthea Bellwas awarded the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize and the Helen and Kurt Wolff Prize (USA) in 2002 for her translation of W.G. Sebald's Austerlitz. Her many works of translation from French and German (for which she has received several other awards) include the Nicholas books and, with Derek Hockridge, the entire Asterix the Gaul saga by René Goscinny and Albert Uderzo.