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Struwwelpeter in English Translation
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Manufacturer: Dover Publications
Author: Heinrich Hoffmann
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Struwwelpeter in English Translation Description
Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 831.7
EAN: 9780486284699
ISBN: 0486284697
Label: Dover Publications
Manufacturer: Dover Publications
Number Of Items: 1
Book Pages: 32
Publication Date: 1995-04-07
Publisher: Dover Publications
Reading Level: Ages 9-12
Studio: Dover Publications
Dewey Decimal Number: 831.7
EAN: 9780486284699
ISBN: 0486284697
Label: Dover Publications
Manufacturer: Dover Publications
Number Of Items: 1
Book Pages: 32
Publication Date: 1995-04-07
Publisher: Dover Publications
Reading Level: Ages 9-12
Studio: Dover Publications
Editorial Review of Struwwelpeter in English Translation
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.
Customer Reviews of Struwwelpeter in English Translation
Customer Rating:
Review Summary: Happy with "Struwpie"
Review: 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!
Customer Rating:
Review Summary: Classic
Review: Finally, a book that doesn't pussyfoot around the consequences of bad behavior. Show those little tykes what can happen when they don't listen to their parents. I plan to read it to all my grandchildren in a half lit room with appropriate voice, facial expressions, and props. Why we have abandoned the wisdom of a hundred years ago, I don't know.
Customer Rating:
Review Summary: Another Blast form the Past
Review: 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.
Customer Rating:
Review Summary: English Struwwelpeter
Review: 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.
Customer Rating:
Review Summary: Britains can still benefit greatly from this book
Review: 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.
Review Summary: Happy with "Struwpie"
Review: 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!
Customer Rating:
Review Summary: Classic
Review: Finally, a book that doesn't pussyfoot around the consequences of bad behavior. Show those little tykes what can happen when they don't listen to their parents. I plan to read it to all my grandchildren in a half lit room with appropriate voice, facial expressions, and props. Why we have abandoned the wisdom of a hundred years ago, I don't know.
Customer Rating:
Review Summary: Another Blast form the Past
Review: 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.
Customer Rating:
Review Summary: English Struwwelpeter
Review: 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.
Customer Rating:
Review Summary: Britains can still benefit greatly from this book
Review: 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.