School Blues
$38.25
- Paperback
320 pages
- Release Date
31 October 2011
Summary
Daniel Pennac has never forgotten what it was like to be a very unsatisfactory student, nor the day one of his teachers saved his life by assigning him the task of writing a novel. This was the moment Pennac realized that no-one has to be a failure for ever.
In School Blues, Pennac explores the many facets of schooling: how fear makes children reject education; how children can be captivated by inventive thinking; how consumerism has altered attitudes to learning. Haunted by memories …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781906694876 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1906694877 |
| Author: | Daniel Pennac, Quentin Blake, Sarah Ardizzone |
| Publisher: | Quercus Publishing |
| Imprint: | MacLehose Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 320 |
| Release Date: | 31 October 2011 |
| Weight: | 202g |
| Dimensions: | 199mm x 148mm x 20mm |
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Critics Review
‘What Pennac has to say in this impressionistic, entertaining, provocative and insightful book is of relevance to anyone involved in education. 9⁄10.’ Martin Spice, TES.
‘What Pennac has to say in this impressionistic, entertaining, provocative and insightful book is of relevance to anyone involved in education. 9⁄10.’ Martin Spice, TES. * TES *‘Describes what faces a school dunce when the teacher before him cannot recall what it felt like to be ignorant … Playfully written … School Blues joyously combines the profound with the seemingly trivial. It gently reminds readers how ignorant it is to have forgotten what it felt like to have but little knowledge’ Economist. * Economist *‘Should be read by any teacher or parent who wishes to understand the flaws in our education system’ Frank Burbage, TLS. * TLS *
About The Author
Daniel Pennac
Daniel Pennac was born in 1944 in Morocco. He was a teacher before becoming a writer of books for children and a series of hugely successful humorous novels. A continued interest in education and social affairs led to his book The Rights of the Reader, and thereafter to School Blues, for which he won the Prix Renaudot.
Sarah Ardizzone has won the Scott Moncrieff Prize for her translation of Faiza Guene’s first novel, Just Like Tomorrow. Her translation of Pennac’s The Rights of the Reader is a natural prelude to School Blues.
Quentin Blake, an artist of world renown and first ever Children’s Laureate, has collaborated with Pennac on several books, including The Rights of the Reader.
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