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...
bookshelves: autumn-2010, kiddlewinks, e-book, gutenberg-project, published-1911, poetry, noir, translation Read on September 23, 2010 Gory but Good Illustrations by Walter Hayn - that one picture of the eyes coming out will stay with me for quite a while!Betsy would never wash herselfWhen from ...
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 ...
Gory but Good Illustrations by Walter Hayn - that one picture of the eyes coming out will stay with me for quite a while!Betsy would never wash herselfWhen from her bed she rose,But just as quickly as she couldShe hurried on her clothes.Not for today's children but great fun when read as an adult, v...
Heinrich Hoffmann (June 13, 1809 - September 20, 1894) was a German psychiatrist, who also wrote some short works including Der Struwwelpeter, an illustrated book portraying children misbehaving.Just look at him! there he stands,With his nasty hair and hands.See! his nails are never cut;They sre gri...
This is some freaky shit.
I read these classic morality tales enough times as a kid that I knew large chunks by heart. But, let's face it, back then they were seriously out of date, and now they're so archaic that they aren't amusing even as kitsch. No wonder most children today haven't heard of them.So why doesn't someone p...
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