Story

Little Nicolas is a French children's book. created by René Goscinny and illustrated by Jean-Jacques Sempé and it was published for the first time on March 29, 1959. It is an illustration of an ideal childhood and a nostalgic memory of France in the 1950s.

The humour of the books derives from their story-telling style: the adventures of Little Nicolas are told in the first person by Nicolas himself with naive, ego centric viewpoint. He criticises and exposes the flaws of the adults around him.

Characters

The child characters from the French edition include:

- Nicolas (the main character) [Nicholas]:
- Clotaire [Matthew]: "He's bottom of the class."
- Alceste [Alec]: Nicholas' best friend, "he's fat and he eats all the time."
- Eudes [Eddie]: "He's very strong and likes to punch our friends on the nose."
- Geoffroy [Geoffrey]: "His dad is very rich and buys him everything he wants."
- Agnan [Cuthbert]: "He is ranked first in the class and is the teacher's pet and therefore nobody likes him, but you can't hit him as often as you'd like, because he wears glasses."
- Joachim [Jeremy]: He has a little brother.
- Maixent [Max]: He runs very fast because of his long legs.
- Rufus [Rufus]: "His father is a policeman, and he's got a cop's whistle."
- Marie-Edwige [Mary-Jane]: "She's very nice."
- Louisette [Louise]: The daughter of a friend of the mother of Nicolas; Nicolas decides he wants to marry her because she plays soccer well.
- Rex [Rex]: A stray dog that Nicolas found; his real name is Kiki.

The adult characters include Nicolas's parents, the teachers and administrators in the school.