Struwwelpeter in English Translation | Heinrich Hoffmann

Struwwelpeter in English Translation | Heinrich Hoffmann | Struwwelpeter in English

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Struwwelpeter in E...

	Struwwelpeter in English Translation Heinrich Hoffmann Dover Publications, 1995 - 32 pages average customer review:based on 25 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

One of the most popular and influential children's book ever written, this time-honored tale ? sure to produce lots of giggles ? describes the gruesome consequences that befall children who torment animals, play with matches, suck their thumbs, refuse to eat, and fidget at meals. A collector's item, written in rhyming couplets and illustrated by the author.

English Struwwelpeter

Growing up, my Mom read this book to me and now I can read it to my son. The English translation is accurate and the meaning from the original (German) text is not altered one bit.

Struwwelpeter in English

Was surprised to learn the book had been translated into English. My wife is from Austria and has had a German print for years. When some friends indicated they'd like to have a copy, we went to Amazon and, lo and behold, there it was, and in English, too!!! It made three people happy.

The English version also has the German translation as well as the book's history dating back to the mid-1800's. Thanks, Amazon!

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Another Blast form the Past

This is another book I loved as a child. I Liked it so much because it was different. I had forgotten about it until I saw show on TV about the Tiger Lilies. I glad the book is still in print. I remember it used to scare me to death whenever I read this book, now I find it so funny.I hope it scares my grandchildren into being good kids.

Happy with "Struwpie"

I had ordered 2 copies which arrived promptly and in excellent condition. My mom is a native born German and was VERY happy and surprised to receive a memorial gift from her youth!

Britains can still benefit greatly from this book

In the latter part of the late 19.th century this book could have originated in every European country, or the US of that time. Especially the products of Anglo-American education were at that time violently pillaging the continents of our planet. A behaviour that was only to be achieved through physical violence as the main form of 'education'. This book instead tries to deter children from doing bad things by 'only' terrifying them, a clear humane progress in comparison to the then prevalent Anglo-American 'education-model'.
When our class went on a school-exchange to the UK in the early 1980ies (Broadstairs, near Margate, to be precise), they still had canes (yes, those canes, for beating) hanging on the walls of their schools, wich were still used to punish schoolchildren. A real jaw-dropper for everyone, exept for the British teachers, who saw nothing objectionable and didn't understand our uneasiness. Compared with that reality in UK's 1980ies, this book is progress. So if you know someone (e.g. a Brit) who still suffers from the beatings in his youth, donate this book to him, he certainly will benefit greatly from it and see what he missed.

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