Query: Novels set in elementary and primary schools excluding American children's novels
Domain: books
Relevant documents:
From Anna
Totto-Chan: The Little Girl at the Window
The Honours Board
Gentlemen & Players
Mine for Keeps
The Turbulent Term of Tyke Tiler
Heart (novel)
Our Twisted Hero
Botchan
More Sideways Arithmetic from Wayside School
Gowie Corby Plays Chicken
The Harpole Report
Bill's New Frock
Evidence from documents: From Anna: excluding American children's novels: '''''From Anna''''' is a children's novel written by Canadian children's author Jean Little, first published in 1972. It is the story of Anna Solden, a visually impaired child who moves from Germany to Canada with her family, on the eve of Hitler's rise to power in Germany.
Novels set in elementary and primary schools: The new headmaster at the Solden's school forbids the singing of a song titled "My thoughts are free" (Die Gedanken sind frei) during an assembly, instead making the school sing the national anthem.
Totto-Chan: The Little Girl at the Window: a Tokyo elementary school founded by educator Sosaku Kobayashi during World War II.
The Honours Board: ''''The Honours Board''''' is a novel by Pamela Hansford Johnson first published in 1970. Set in the South of England at Downs Park, a small fictional preparatory school for boys, it follows the lives of the members of the staff over a couple of years.
Gentlemen & Players: Harris' experiences as a teacher at Leeds Grammar School. Set in the present day during Michaelmas term at St Oswald's, a grammar school for boys somewhere in the North of England
Mine for Keeps: '''''Mine for Keeps''''' is a 1962 book by the Canadian children's author Jean Little. At the time she wrote ''Mine for Keeps'', Little was teaching in a school for the disabled and she had written the book after becoming tired of reading her students books in which disabled child characters either meet deaths or recover completely (like Clara in ''Heidi'', or Colin in ''The Secret Garden'').
The Turbulent Term of Tyke Tiler: '''''The Turbulent Term of Tyke Tiler''''' (or '''''Tyke Tiler''''') is a children's school adventure novel by Gene Kemp, first published by Faber and Faber in 1977 with illustrations by Carolyn Dinan. It is set at Cricklepit Combined School, a fictional primary school based on St Sidwell's School in Exeter where Kemp worked as a teacher from 1963 to 1979.
Heart (novel): Cover of ''Herz'', an 1894 German translation.
'''''Heart''''' ( ) is a children's novel by the Italian author Edmondo De Amicis who was a novelist, journalist, short story writer, and poet. The novel is his best known work to this day, having been inspired by his own children Furio and Ugo who had been schoolboys at the time. It is set during the Italian unification, and includes several patriotic themes. It was issued by Treves on October 18, 1886, the first day of school in Italy, and rose to immediate success.
Our Twisted Hero: * Pyongtae's Wife
This story is told by a man named Han Byeong-tae (or Pyŏngt'ae), recalling his memories when he was in 5th grade and part of 6th grade.


Due to Byeong-tae's father failing in business, they move to a low town and go to Y Elementary School.
Botchan: In the opening chapter he hurts himself jumping from the second floor of his elementary school, fights the boy next door, and tramples a neighbor's carrot patch by wrestling (sumo style) on the straw that covers the seedlings.
More Sideways Arithmetic from Wayside School: '''''More Sideways Arithmetic From Wayside School''''' is a children's novel by Louis Sachar in the ''Wayside School'' series.
Gowie Corby Plays Chicken: '''''Gowie Corby Plays Chicken''''' () is a children's novel by Gene Kemp, set at the fictional Cricklepit Combined primary school in southern England.
The Harpole Report: The novel tells the story mostly in the form of a school log book kept by George Harpole, temporary Head Teacher of the Church of England primary school of "Tampling St. Nicholas".
Bill's New Frock: Now forced to go to school in a pink dress, Bill discovers one of the worst days in his life is about to unfold. Baffled by the way things are just different for girls, Bill falls headlong into trouble. The book was adapted into a television special, which first aired on 6 June 1998.