Struwwelpeter (Slovenly Peter) is an illustrated collection of humorous children’s poems describing ludicrous and usually violent punishments for naughty behavior. Hoffmann, a Frankfurt physician, wanted to buy a picture book for his son for Christmas. Not impressed by what the stores had to offer, he instead bought a notebook and wrote his own stories and pictures. While Struwwelpeter is somewhat notorious for its perceived brutal treatment of the erring children.
d boy was he;
He caught the flies, poor little things,
And then tore off their tiny wings,
He killed the birds, and broke the chairs,
And threw the kitten down the stairs;
And oh! far worse than all beside,
He whipped his Mary, till she cried.
The trough was full, and faithful
Tray
Came out to drink one sultry day;
He wagged his tail, and wet his lip,
When cruel Fred snatched up a whip,
And whipped poor Tray till he was sore,
And kicked and whipped him more and more:
At this, good Tray grew very red,
And growled, and bit him till he bled;
Then you should only have been by,
To see how Fred did scream and cry!
So Frederick had to go to
bed:
His leg was very sore and red!
The Doctor came, and shook his head,
And made a very great to-do,
And gave him nasty physic too.
Robbie
01/20/2019
I was given a copy of Struwwelpeter as a young girl and I loved it. This is despite the fact that it deals with some rather horrible topics and highlights the plight of children who misbehave. I found this book horribly fascinating and read it over and over until it fell to pieces.
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Monica
10/03/2017
Reading the Afterward helped me understand the context in which this terrifying little book was written. I was challenged to read it through a different lens than my own. Approaching it as a parody of earlier hyper-moralistic tales helped. A little. Knowing that the author began writing these storie
Rachel
02/21/2017
This is such a terrifying children's novel filled with short stories about naughty children. With that respect, I really enjoyed it.
xo, Rach
Prashant
04/01/2012
The first english version of this book came around 1848. The stories are as mentioned in the title "fearful" and there are no efforts put to make the illustrations appropriate/less fearful for children.
The little stuff for little kids being covered here conveys relevant message but maybe in too stro
Lucas
03/06/2012
Struwwelpeter is an old collection of very traumatic children's tales. The premise appears to be if you scare the crap out of your kid, you will also scare the thumb out of their mouth and make them brush their hair.
The tales start with a kid acting bad, and then their behavior causes some ironic mi
Trudi
06/04/2009
This collection of German folk tales intended to "instruct good little folks" has to be seen to be believed. Nightmarish, ghoulish, absolutely twisted ... it's a sheer, shocking delight! The Google preview link above underneath the book cover image offers a great look inside, because this grisly edi
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