Le Petit Nicolas et ses copains

Le Petit Nicolas #4

by René Goscinny

Les aventures pleines d'humour de la joyeuse bande du Petit Nicolas : Clotaire, Maixent, Geoffroy, Alceste et les autres.

Genres: France, Fiction, Childrens, Humor, Short Stories, Classics, French Literature

184 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1963

About the author

René Goscinny (1926 - 1977) was a French author, editor and humorist, who is best known for the comic book Asterix , which he created with illustrator Albert Uderzo, and for his work on the comic series Lucky Luke with Morris (considered the series' golden age).

Reviews

[Mynameisandycostello]

C'est mon premier livre en francais! Les histoires sont simples et amusantes, ce livre est une bonne introduction de la langue francaise.

[Mobina]

دارم این مجموعه رو دوباره میخونم و واقعا نیکولا کوچولو و ماجراهاش قلبمو گرم میکنه. برای این دوران زندگیم که ناراحتم خیلی کمکم میکنه چون منو میبره به دوران بچگیم که همه چیز برام شیرین تر بود. پیشنهاد میکنم شما هم حداقل یک بار کتابای نیکولا کوچولو رو بخونین.

[Елена Суббота]

К концу этой части я уже прилично устала от историй про Николя. Они однотипные и предсказуемые, ну невозможно читать одно и то же на протяжении 400 страниц. Жвачка! Но читаю и буду продолжать (в нашем сборнике осталась ещё одна часть), потому что дочери нравится перед сном слушать главу-другую про Николя. Что ж...

[Pardis Ahmadi]

Ces séries sont vraiment drôles et elles ne sont pas juste pour les enfants. J'ai aimé les lire quand j'étais enfant en persan, et maintenant je les lis en français, ce qui était un délice. Je le recommande sans hésiter à tous ceux qui veulent s’améliorer en français.

[Moha Arzhang]

نیکولا کوچولو، همزاد فرانسوی مجید خودمان است. از او کوچک‌تر است و مثل مجید از خانواده‌ای فقیر نمی‌آید اما به همان اندازه باصفا و قصه‌هایش بانمک‌اند. طنز ظریف و زیبایی هم دارد. برای نوجوانان پیشنهاد مطالعه‌ی خوبی‌ست

[Settare]

Marie-Edwige...

[Thomas Ray]

/Nicholas and the Gang/, René Goscinny (1926-1977), drawings by Jean-Jacques Sempé (1932-2022), 1963 as /Le Petit Nicolas et les copains/. English translation by Anthea Bell, 2007. Sixteen episodes in 110 pages. This is book #4 of 5 in the series. ISBN 9780714846781

Cute and funny.

Nicholas books: 222 stories in 8 collections (of 223 originally written):
https://www.goodreads.com/series/6358...
https://www.petitnicolas.com/livre/le...

Nicholas (2005) = Le Petit Nicolas (1960),

Nicholas Again (2006) = Les récrés du Petit Nicolas (1961),

Nicholas on Vacation (2006) = Les vacances du Petit Nicolas (1962),

Dad Makes the Decisions
The Beach
The Life and Soul of the Party
Spindrift Island
Doing Gymnastics
Miniature Golf
Playing at Shops
Home Again
Being Sensible
Going Away
Courage
Going Swimming
Stormy Point
The Afternoon Rest
Treasure Hunt
Fish Soup
Crispin's Visitors
Vacation Memories

Nicholas and the Gang (2007) = Le Petit Nicolas et les copains (1963),

Matthew Has Glasses
A Breath of Fresh Air
My Colored Pencils - shows at least 55 desks and 33 kids in the classroom.
Going Camping
Talking on the Radio
Mary Jane
Collecting Stamps
Max's Conjuring Tricks
A Rainy Day
Playing Chess
The Doctors
The New Bookstore
Rufus Is Sick "Well," Rufus explained, "I tell my mom I don't feel well every morning, so she wasn't to know, was she? But this time I really and truly don't feel very well."
Athletics
The Secret Code
Mary Jane's Birthday

Nicholas in Trouble (2008) = Joachim a des ennuis (1964) (later edition Le Petit Nicolas a des ennuis)

Jeremy Has Problems
The Letter
The Value of Money
Going Shopping with Dad
Carrying Chairs
My Flashlight
Roulette
Granny Comes to Stay
Road Safety
An Interesting Project
Pot Luck
The Raffle
Our Badge
The Secret Message
Jonah
A Piece of Chalk

Petit Nicholas' French wikipedia page https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Le_Peti...

Goscinny's French wikipedia page https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ren%C3%...

[Henning]

Mal wieder Kindheitserinnerungen. Das Buch war sehr gut für einen Vorleseabend geeignet

[Amir Azad]

چقدر خوب و روان است. گاهی به نظرم می‌آید که نیکولا کوچولو مثل شازده کوچولو ظاهرا برای کودکان نوشته شده ولی در واقع برای بزرگسالان است. نوعی هجو آنچه در زندگی مهم می‌شماریم

[Veronika Pizano]

Facky tradične preskakujeme, ale zábava s Mikulášom a jeho kamošmi je stále rovnako dobrá.

[Nguyên Trang]

hoho đọc một lô truyện Nicolas rồi nhưng đọc tiếp vẫn thích ơi là thích còn tranh thì luôn hết sảy xoxoxo

[Krista the Krazy Kataloguer]

This is the second Nicholas book I've read, and I liked it as much as I did the first one. I can see why these stories appeal so much to boys. Nicholas and his gang are always fighting and getting into trouble. My favorite story in this collection was the one where Alec's father tries to teach Alec and Nicholas how to play chess. However, with these boys, what starts out as a nice, quiet game ends up being anything but. Entertaining and amusing, great fun to read. I must read more of these books!
Recommended!

[EJ]

If I could be buried with any book I would pick this series. Also I tried for five minutes to find an excerpt to type up to give you an idea of how absolutely hilarious this book is but it's one of those that you don't really get a good one liner until you've read the whole book so that being said: PLEASE read this series if you can possibly find it.

[Opbo :D]

Read this to practise my french haha and was a nice read, especially to figure out like how speech is written and other stuff that's different to english, fun book, good for beginners/lower level french learners ie GCSE maybe, so yeah good book!

[Liwia || moonbookish]

Cudowny powrót do dzieciństwa ❤

[Nel]

My first unadapted book in french and it was très chouette.

[Noah Kellstedt]

P3 to p16. In this part of the book Nicholas and his family are visting friends in the countryside. There they have lunch and Nicholas meets a new friend named Conrad but soon he got in trouble and they had to go home.
p16 t0 p21. Nicholas and his friends were going to have there chests x-rayed and Cuthbert started having a tantrum.
P21 to p34. in this part of the book Nicholas and his friends visited the new book store and they made the owner have a bad day.
I read from p34 to p56 and in this part of the book Nicholas's friend Matthew has gotten glasses and everyone wants to wear them.

I like this book because when I was Nicholas's age I had a big group of friend that acted exactly like him for example we fought a lot of times and we also played sports together. I would recommend this book to anyone who has or had a gang back when they were Nicholas's age

[Leah]

J'adore ce livre! Seriously, Le Petit Nicolas Et Les Copains could not be more fun. It's sweet, silly, quirky and realistic. Nicolas and his friends are all kinds of fun, from Alceste with the constantly buttery hands to Agnan the class chouchou. Sempé captures the voice of a child so well: honest and naïve, stubborn and goofy, imaginative and unpredictable. And all the misunderstandings, games, squabbles, and adventures in the book just put a smile on the reader's face. Absolutely classic.

And you don't need to be a kid to enjoy it either—it really is a book for those à partir de 8 ans. Moi, j'ai plus de 8 ans, et je trouve les histoires ici, comme Nicolas dit souvent, "vraiment chouette."

[Amy]

This was an absolutely delightful, charming, hilarious story about a young French boy named Nicholas. The book reads as a series of short stories about Nicholas and the escapades of his gang of friends. The stories were originally written and published in France in the 1960's. I love the atmosphere, cultural background, and flavor of this book...but as much as I loved it, I don't know if I'm quite ready to read it out loud to my 2 little boys who don't need any help thinking of mischief! Seriously...I'd be nervous reading it out loud to children who think it might be funny to try some of the same "stunts"....

[Agata]

Nicholas and the Gang is the fourth book in the 'Nicholas' series by the French author Rene Goscinny. I have only read the first and fourth books in this series but I think they are very funny and absolutely loveable. The book is divided into 16 short stories, a collection of funny little anecdotes that don't really have any plot, but that's what makes them so good.
The stories are mainly about a group of young boys (aged around 8-ish) and the silly things they get up to inside and outside of school. Although this book is not as funny as the first one, it is still pretty good. It's aimed at kids aged 7+, but these timeless tales can be enjoyed by anyone.

[Bahar]

کتاب فوق العاده نیکلا کوچولو و خاطراتی که از تابستانهای داغ اهواز داشتم هیچوقت یادم نمی رود. تمام روز توی خانه می ماندیم و کارتن کتابی که پدر از کتابفروشی بین الملل برای تابستانمان خریده بود، می خوردیم مثل خوره. اما نیکلا کوچولو چیز دیگری بود. مجموعه ای از پاورقی هایی که روزگاری در یک روزنامه فرانسوی چاپ شده بود. یک بچه شیطان و دوستانش که آدم را از خنده روده بر می کنند. هنوز هر وقت می خوانمشان برایم دلچسب است.

[Lien]

Thật là lũ nhóc ngoan kinh khủng:)) Mình thì ko “ngoan” bằng nhưng mà có mấy trò giống mình quá, khoa chơi tem này, trò cho búp bê ăn:)) giả vờ làm lều cắm trại:))...
Nói chung đúng là 1 thời hết sảy:))

[Lucija]

Knjiga je kak bi Nikica rekel, baš gala. Mali fakin Nikica radi njesra neko non stop. I veliki razlog za čitanje je to kaj je autor Nikice ujedno i autor Lucky Lukea i Asterixa i Obelixa. Isti tip humora. Preporučam i za klince i za velike.

[Rozza Melawy]

c'est le premier livre que je lis en français. Il a été agréable de savoir Nicolas et ses copains.

[Miku]

It was interesting, full of crazy stuff but had no real story.

[Milagros Guevara Bernabé]

▶ Calificación Final: ⭐✨(1.7)

▶ Opinión:

Este libro captura a la perfección la inocencia y la energía de la niñez, donde una simple tarde de juegos puede transformarse en una aventura épica o un desastre total. El estilo de Goscinny es ágil y lleno de humor, con ese toque nostálgico que nos hace recordar nuestras propias travesuras de la infancia. 👶💥

Si bien las historias son simples, su gran valor está en la capacidad de retratar las relaciones de amistad y las dinámicas entre los niños de una manera muy realista y divertida. ¡Ideal para pasar un buen rato y reír a carcajadas con las ocurrencias de Nicolás y su pandilla! 😄👦

[Salomée Sérol]

C'est tout mignon, des petites histoires de jeunes garçons dans une vieille école du milieu du siècle dernier. 

Les copains ont chacun leurs traits distinctifs, et ça se bat beaucoup. J'ai été personnellement surprise parce que je ne me rappelait pas que Nicolas était aussi positif. 

On voit le talent des auteurs dans la simplicité des récits qui se passent à hauteur d'enfant, avec leur conclusion d'enfant également. 

Une façon mignonne de finir le mois avec des personnages, des situations et des mots simples et efficaces.

[Trevor Raichura]

Love it. Brought back memories of my childhood when I read these as a student in a French Immersion school. I can appreciate the writing style and structure more now. But what I thought was really cool is the additional activities at the end. There are quizzes, puzzles, and suggested writings to help the reader further interact with the text. If I were more ambitious (or perhaps more in touch with my French self), I would engage in those activities and have a blast! It would also help to have someone with whom to share that writing as well.

Anyhow, if you are an intermediate French speaker/reader, these books will tickle your fancy for sure. Highly recommended!

[Nguyễn Mai Chi]

Bản dịch tiếng Việt của cuốn sách cũng được làm rất tốt, nên nếu bạn không đọc được bản tiếng Pháp, hãy đừng ngần ngại đọc bản tiếng Việt. Để viết về những câu chuyện có vẻ nhảm nhí của trẻ con bằng giọng kể chính xác là của trẻ con, chắc chỉ có Goscinny mới làm được điều đó với một sự tài tình mà chắc chắn sẽ khiến bạn tin rằng không hề có bất cứ một kĩ thuật nào phía sau, vì con người ông vốn là như vậy. Chỉ có thể giải thích như vậy mà thôi.

[Lisa Ri]

Encore un beau moment en famille avec Le Petit Nicolas et ses copains, agréablement lu par Édouard Baer.

Ces petites histoires du quotidien de Nicolas, à l’école ou à la maison, sont pleines d’humour, de tendresse et de situations rocambolesques qui résonnent encore aujourd’hui. Elles ne sont pas seulement un plaisir à écouter, mais aussi une mine de ressources parentales : je peux ainsi expliquer à ma fille, par exemple, « Ah, tu vois quand le Petit Nicolas a fait ça, il a eu des ennuis ! »

Ma fille a particulièrement adoré Les campeurs, qui lui a fait découvrir le camping et lui a donné envie d’en faire… dans le jardin ! De mon côté, j’ai eu un faible pour L’anniversaire de Marie-Edwige, parce que Marie-Edwige, c’est une fille… mais elle est chouette quand même !

Un classique indémodable qui nous fait toujours autant rire et rêver.