Der Struwwelpeter (Gebundene Ausgabe)
Format: Gebundene Ausgabe
ISBN:
9783480063345 (3480063349)
Publish date: January 1st 1992
Publisher: Esslinger Verlag Schreiber
Pages no: 20
Edition language: Deutsch
I keep forgetting about this book. Not quite sure why. It is hilarious.Okay...it's not supposed to be funny. The book's a collection of cautionary stories for children.But look at this.Look at this, then look me in the eye, and tell me you didn't laugh.The original stories were written in German, al...
I picked this book up about a decade ago at the now defunct Borders on Charing Cross Road in London and rediscovered it last week while cleaning out some boxes. I'm amazed that no one has made a horror movie out of Shockheaded Peter. All the elements are there, the little girl incinerated while pl...
I read this innumerable times in English translation as a child, and still know a lot of it by heart... but somehow I had never got around to looking at the German original. OMG, it is the most hysterically funny thing I have seen in at least a month. My German is very, very poor, and even so I foun...
I read this book as a child. While I loved the stories of bad children getting their due ( I had three brothers who were always up to no good. I think I wished some serious consequences would come their way), I mostly remember poring over the wonderful illustrations. I particularly liked the portray...
Loved this book. Had been trying to get it for years and now I finally have! There's lots of reviews of people saying it's horrifying and cruel and with zero psychological value, and I couldn't disagree more! First of all, the stories ain't all that terrible and shouldn't be taken so literally. The ...
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