Rene Goscinny. Born on August 14, 1926 in the Arrondissement of Paris, France. He died on November 5, 1977 in Paris, France. He was a French comics scriptwriter and editor, in the Franco-Belgian comics tradition. Goscinny is one of the most successful French authors in the world, with more than 500 million books sold, translated into more than thirty languages.
Nicolás' first-person narration is a gentle parody of the way children reason and express themselves. The childish mentality with which they view the world leads little Nicolás and his friends to continually get into trouble, to the despair of his parents and teachers. At the same time, children's innocent point of view often ends up exposing the absurdities and contradictions of the adult world. This subversive element makes Little Nicholas a pioneering example of modern children's literature, focused on the way the child protagonists perceive the world rather than the adult interpretation of it. Nor can we ignore the importance of Sempé's illustrations, whose style is as recognizable as that of Goscinny's narration.
In the work "Little Nicolás' Vacation", the usual relationships between adults and children can be seen; The attention that adults often stop paying to their students for different reasons is reflected in this work. Leisure time, which is a necessary element in kindergartens, is another topic faithfully treated by the author.
This story will be very entertaining for children who want to read it; To the educators, call them: grandparents, parents, teachers, tutors, etc.; for whom it would be of great reflective perspective to review it with curious and careful eyes, eager for pedagogical learning in the relationship they must maintain with beings who, with the passage of time, will become the adults that they helped to form.
I hope you enjoy it and learn a lot.
Author: Miguel Ángel Moreno Villarroel
