Stories from Franz
Stories from Franz is a book series by Christine Nöstlinger that was published between 1984 and 2011 by Verlag Oetinger . Events in the life of Franz Fröstl from Vienna are described in nineteen volumes , who attended kindergarten at the beginning and is nine years old in the last volume and attends the 2nd grade elementary school. The volumes are all illustrated in color by Erhard Dietl . The publisher is promoting the volumes for advanced beginners. In 2011, Nöstlinger announced that he would no longer write any more stories.
Important persons
Franz Froestl
The protagonist has three recurring problems: he is too small for his age, he looks like a girl with his curly hair, and his voice becomes squeaky when he is upset.
mother
His mother is his most important caregiver and advisor. But she also cannot always show understanding for Franz. She is also at work during the day.
father
The father only plays a subordinate role for Franz; his advice is usually of little use to him. Often they also coincide with those of:
Joseph
Franz's older brother, who only sees him as a burden and usually insults him.
Gabi Gruber
is Franz's neighbor and best friend. She is very decisive and Franz does not always manage to tell her what he thinks in order not to argue with her. Because of a dispute that took place anyway, she went to the parallel class.
Gabi's mother
is Franz's childminder. He has lunch with her and occasionally she also takes a position for Franz and against her daughter.
Lili
A student who takes care of Franz in the early afternoon volumes and studies with him.
Eberhard Most
The tallest in the class, he had originally selected Franz as the victim of bullying, but then became his best friend and protector.
granny
Grandma lives in the retirement home and is also an important contact person for Franz
zigzag
The teacher, who is actually called Swoboda, but is called "Zigzag" by Franz because of his regimental tone.
Contents
Stories from Franz, 1984
Franz convinces an unbelieving child that he is a boy. Franz is lost. And mom gets an ugly hat from Franz.
News from Franz, 1985
Franz told Gabi that he could already read. In reality, he only lets people say things to him who can really read.
School stories from Franz, 1987
Franz comes to school and meets his teacher again in grandma's old people's home when he visits his mother. Grandma can't help reading the riot act to him.
New school stories from Franz, 1988
Franz dropped an exercise book into the water. To tell the teacher Zigzag, Franz comes up with something.
Franz's Holiday Stories, 1989
Franz is in the vacation home and has to do with a roommate who shows no consideration for others. When he wants to teach another child a lesson, Franz helps out so that the lesson goes to his colleague.
Franz's medical histories, 1990
Franz pretends to be sick so that he doesn't have to go to school. Another time he falls in the basement and gets a cast.
Love stories from Franz, 1991
Three stories: How Josef falls in love and Franz wants to help him, how Gabi prefers her friend Sandra to Franz. And how Franz falls in love with a girl in the country who wants to instigate him to commit crimes.
Christmas stories from Franz, 1993
TV stories from Franz, 1994
Franz only has a few television channels, but invents a series that he wants to see on a satellite channel. The classmates get curious and want to see them too.
Dog stories from Franz, 1996
Franz falls in love with the dog who is visiting Eberhard. When he leaves, Gabi is looking for a replacement dog.
Baby stories from Franz, 1998
Gabi has a sibling and is torn between anticipation and jealousy.
Opa stories from Franz, 2000
Franz made a bet against a pushy classmate that he had a grandpa. The grandmother knows what to do: Franz's grandfather married again, and so did the woman after his grandfather's death, and that's why Karl Krautwaschl is also something of Franz's grandfather.
Football stories from Franz, 2002
Franz is not allowed to play football in the boys' team in his class and plays with Gabi's FC Girl. Together with the girls, he wins against the boys.
Horse stories from Franz, 2003
When Franz comes back from vacation, Gabi has a new passion: horses.
Nonsense stories from Franz, 2005
Gabi's favorite word recently has been “nonsense”. She asks Franz to develop a secret language. He learns about the U language his mother spoke to a childhood friend named Mercedes. And while speaking the language in the schoolyard, he succeeds in making out the son of his childhood friend and thus arranging a visit from Mercedes. In the meantime, Gabi made a threatening phone call with a disguised voice, but she betrays herself through the frequent use of "nonsense".
New football stories from Franz, 2006
Franz now plays in the boys team. When they visit home they lose the signed football from Josef and Franz has to chase after the celebrity footballer Martin Muellermeier to get a new signature.
Franz on a school trip, 2007
Franz with Gabi and Eberhard on a school trip. The food is bad and they sneak out to buy food at the supermarket but get caught.
Detective stories from Franz, 2010
Friendship stories from Franz, 2011
Collective editions
In 1991 Allerhand vom Franz was published , an anthology that summarized the volumes that had appeared up to then. In 2011 the whole of Franz appeared , which brought together all 19 texts, whereby the images were only partially taken over. 2014 appeared Everything from Franz and his friends , which contains the following volumes: Friendship stories of Franz, horse stories from Franz, nonsense stories by Franz, Franz on a school trip, detective stories by Franz, Holiday Stories by Franz, New football stories of Franz. 2016 is the best of the Franz announced, which contains a selection of the stories.
Radio plays
The author has read several stories herself:
Stories from Franz, medical stories from Franz, school stories from Franz and Christmas stories from Franz. Others were also spoken.
supporting documents
- ↑ I've had enough of the Franz. Accessed August 24, 2016 .
- ↑ Das Beste vom Franz. Retrieved on August 24, 2016 .