The title poem is about a messy boy struwwel means slovenly with his uncombed hair and dirty nails. The book contains 10 poems that serve as warnings to naughty boys and girls. The book was written and illustrated in 1845 by a physician for his 3 year old son. First 100 essential words in german german book german kids learn german german words kinder books. I asked the manager of the hotel which museum we should visit and she told me about the struwwelpeter museum dedicated to the doctor who wrote books in the mid 1800s to address the moral character of children who didnt mind. The 19thcentury book of horrors that scared german kids.
If you possess any sort of fluency in the german language, theres a good chance youve encountered childrens author heinrich hoffmans 1845 bedtime classic struwwelpeter. From the struwwelpeter library dover children s classics by heinrich hoffmann and theodor hosemann nov 21, 2012. Struwwelpeter in english translation dover childrens classics. Struwwelpeter is a bit different from the poetry book of my youth. The 19thcentury book of horrors that scared german kids into behaving in the original edition of heinrich hoffmans 1845 german children s book, the most famous characterstruwwelpeter, or. Each has a clear moral that demonstrates the disastrous consequences of misbehavior in an exaggerated way. Struwwelpeter in english translation dover childrens. I was intrigued and ordered the book with the collection of stories and the consequences of children misbehaving.
Two years later, hoffmann searched for a decent childrens book for. It comprises ten illustrated and rhymed stories, mostly about children. But nothing is as hard as learning the system of ethics. The best scenes from the most demented german childrens.
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