Geschichte von den schwarzen Buben- (The story of the black boys).

And every day he got thinner and thinner… The final image is a grave with a pot of soup on it. Suppen Kaspar- Kasper was a healthy young man who REFUSED to eat his soup “Nein, meine Suppe ess’ ich nicht”. My cousin frequently called me a Zappel-Philip… He twitches, bounces, rocks side to side… and finally falls backward pulling the tablecloth and dinner down over him. Zappel-Philip– Philip is a child who won’t sit still at the dinner table (remember, children are seen, not heard). YIKES! We are not talking Curious George Goes to the Zoo! Other delightful stories in the Struwwelpeter book include:

so she asked a passing tailor to come in and cut them off with his scissors. His mother couldn’t get him to stop sucking on his thumbs…. My personal favorite for nightmare of the year award was the story of the Daumlutscher (thumb sucker). Now you can read der Struwwelpeter in English! Struwwelpeter in English Translation (Dover Children’s Classics) As a result, he became ostracized… and quite scary looking. The title story is about a boy who never wanted to comb his hair or get cleaned up. The book is a series of short stories… all tales of “ disastrous consequences of bad behavior”. He couldn’t find the right book to give as a Christmas present to his three year old son, Karl, and since he had already published stories, his friend encouraged him to write a childrens book.

StruwwelPeter Lustige Geschichten und drollige Bilder mit füntzehn schön kolorten Tafeln für Kinder von 3–6 Jahren (Funny stories with 15 droll color pictures for children from 3-6) was originally written by Heinrich Hoffmann in 1844. It’s truly a wonder any of us got any sleep at all after hearing these nightmare inducing Fables?īut… were these stories really meant to frighten? Who was Struwwelpeter? And then there was Stuwwelpeter (and Struwwelliese…). Aschenputtel’s (Cinderella’s) sisters get their feet cut off….and Max and Moritz get eaten by ducks. Many stories, especially those from the pre-1950s, were cautionary tales, designed to impart lessons, or give warnings. German Stories and Fairy Tales for kids were NOT all sweetness and light.

Der struwwelpeter book