Struwwelpeter, Or, Merry Rhymes and Funny Pictures... by Heinrich Hoffmann
For Good Little Folks
"Struwwelpeter, Or, Merry Rhymes and Funny Pictures..." is a collection of cautionary tales for children, featuring a series of characters who suffer dire consequences for their bad behavior. The stories, told in rhymed verse and accompanied by detailed illustrations, include a girl who plays with matches and burns to death, a boy who refuses to eat his soup and starves, and a boy who won't stop sucking his thumbs and has them cut off by a tailor. The tales are meant to both entertain and teach moral lessons.
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- Published
- 1845
- Nationality
- German
- Length
- Very Short
- Pages
- 24-32
- Original Language
- German
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- Alternate Titles
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- Fidgety Phil
- Shockheaded Peter
- Slovenly Peter
- Struwwelpeter: Fearful Stories and Vile Pictures to Instruct Good Little Folks
- Struwwelpeter: Funny Stories and Whimsical Pictures
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- Harenberg Buch der 1000 Bücher (Harenberg Buch der 1000 Bücher)
- The Graphic Canon (Book)