English Struwwelpeter, Or, Pretty Stories and Funny Pictures for Little Children

HOFFMAN, Heinrich

Routledge& Kegan Paul

Cantates Pour Alto

History

Europe

M.Joseph

Struwwelpeter

Children's Books

Fairy Tales, Folk Tales & Myths

Warne

Struwwelpeter (1845) (or Shockheaded Peter) is a German children's book by Heinrich Hoffmann. It comprises ten illustrated and rhymed stories, mostly about children. Each has a clear moral that demonstrates the disastrous consequences of misbehavior in an exaggerated way. The title of the first story provides the title of the whole book. Hoffmann wrote Struwwelpeter in reaction to the lack of good children's books. Intending to buy a picture book as a Christmas present for his three-year-old son, Hoffmann instead wrote and illustrated his own book. In 1845 he was persuaded by friends to publish the book anonymously as Lustige Geschichten und drollige Bilder mit 15 schön kolorierten Tafeln für Kinder von 3–6 Jahren (Funny Stories and Whimsical Pictures with 15 Beautifully Coloured Panels for Children Aged 3 to 6).

Struwwelpeter: Illustrated

CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform

The story of Struwwelpeter is just over 150 years old and tells of a young lad whose name when translated into English is Slovenly Peter.

Literature & Fiction

Chrysalis Books

This facsimile edition of a classic story bursts with cautionary tales and gruesome punishments.

Struwwelpeter or pretty stories and funny pictures

Belitha Press

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