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4.06 AVERAGE
4.06 AVERAGE
funny
lighthearted
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
emotional
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
relaxing
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
N/A
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
My husband and I are going to Germany and I’ve been looking at lists of German books. I saw this story on which the Parent Trap movie was based on the list and picked it up. The book is the story of Lisa and Lottie, who discover at camp that they are twins and then switch places when camp ends, one going to Munich and the other to Vienna, so they can meet the other parent and so they can attempt to bring their parents back together. And it works ! It’s a very sweet middle grade novel.
This is the book upon which The Parent Trap is based. My mother gave it to me, having read Das doppelte Lottchen when she was a little girl, and I loved it as a child, too. I recently bought a replacement copy (it is out of print) on Amazon. I love it- the images of Lisa's pancakes and going to the opera stick in my head.
The story is more sober (it dates from 1949)than the films but it is still a delightful children's book. Kastner's Emil and The Detectives is also lovely.
The story is more sober (it dates from 1949)than the films but it is still a delightful children's book. Kastner's Emil and The Detectives is also lovely.
Lisa and Lottie ruled! I swear my version was called that, not Lottie and Lisa. Maybe I am high. The one problem is that the scheme reunites the separated parents, which always troubles me when I think of wishful children of divorced parents reading it.
funny
lighthearted
fast-paced
lighthearted
relaxing
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
N/A
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Thanks to Goodreads friend Gundula (I can’t adequately thank her!) who gave me this copy of the book. So, I finally got a chance to read it. For years, ever since I knew that the movie The Parent Trap was based on this book, I’ve wanted to read it.
My whole life I always wanted a twin sister, or at least siblings. This book would have definitely been a favorite book of mine had I read it at age 9 or 10, about the time I was first enjoying the movie. And, despite being a huge fan of Hayley Mills, I think I would have enjoyed the book even more than I enjoyed the movie.
Delightful. Charming. Smart, very smart. I loved the writing style/translation. I loved the story. I loved the two girls. All of the characters are significantly different from those in The Parent Trap movie. The girls are only nine in the book, but they’re very mature. It’s got a more old fashioned tone than the movie and is a bit more sober in tone, but it’s also very funny in many places.
The wait was worth it; it didn’t disappoint in the slightest.
My whole life I always wanted a twin sister, or at least siblings. This book would have definitely been a favorite book of mine had I read it at age 9 or 10, about the time I was first enjoying the movie. And, despite being a huge fan of Hayley Mills, I think I would have enjoyed the book even more than I enjoyed the movie.
Delightful. Charming. Smart, very smart. I loved the writing style/translation. I loved the story. I loved the two girls. All of the characters are significantly different from those in The Parent Trap movie. The girls are only nine in the book, but they’re very mature. It’s got a more old fashioned tone than the movie and is a bit more sober in tone, but it’s also very funny in many places.
The wait was worth it; it didn’t disappoint in the slightest.
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Wo es in "Das fliegende Klassenzimmer" quasi keine Mädchen gab, kommen in "Das doppelte Lottchen" keine Jungs vor. Trotzdem sind die beiden Bücher bisher meine Lieblinge von Kästner. Irgendwie seltsam, oder?
Ich habe das Buch sehr gerne gelesen, wünschte aber, dass ich es bereits als Kind gelesen hätte. Aber was soll's, dann muss ich es eben in einigen Jahren meinen eigenen Kindern vorlesen, die es hoffentlich ebenfalls mögen werden.
Ich finde sowieso, dass Kästner mit seinen Kinderbüchern Geschichten geschaffen hat, die Kindern zeigen, dass sie wichtig sind und ihre Meinung wichtig ist, ohne den Eltern, die diese mitunter vorlesen, bloßzustellen. Stattdessen fühlt man sich als Erwachsener in seine Kindheit zurückversetzt und erinnert sich daran, dass man es als Kind auch nicht immer leicht hat und Eltern öfter mal auf ihren Nachwuchs hören sollten.
Ich hoffe, dass Kästners Kinderbücher noch lange Zeit in den verschiedensten Kinderzimmern zu finden sein werden!
Ich habe das Buch sehr gerne gelesen, wünschte aber, dass ich es bereits als Kind gelesen hätte. Aber was soll's, dann muss ich es eben in einigen Jahren meinen eigenen Kindern vorlesen, die es hoffentlich ebenfalls mögen werden.
Ich finde sowieso, dass Kästner mit seinen Kinderbüchern Geschichten geschaffen hat, die Kindern zeigen, dass sie wichtig sind und ihre Meinung wichtig ist, ohne den Eltern, die diese mitunter vorlesen, bloßzustellen. Stattdessen fühlt man sich als Erwachsener in seine Kindheit zurückversetzt und erinnert sich daran, dass man es als Kind auch nicht immer leicht hat und Eltern öfter mal auf ihren Nachwuchs hören sollten.
Ich hoffe, dass Kästners Kinderbücher noch lange Zeit in den verschiedensten Kinderzimmern zu finden sein werden!