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Der Struwwelpeter (German and English Edition)

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I just bought this book and the story is exactly as I remember it, but I am a little disappointed by the quality of the book. The pages look as if they are simply color copies of an older book and are printed on one side only. I had also thought that the original German verses were included in this version, but they are not. I like the book, just wish I could have looked at this version before I bought it.

Der Struwwelpeter is an excellent book for children. It's written in German. It's all about manners. Want your child not to play with matches? Want him to eat everything on his plate?? This is the book for you. I loved it!

My mother is German and she read this book to me all the time when I was a child. It teaches lesson about playing w/matches, teasing people, not eating dinner, running with scissors...etc. I never did any of those things after reading this book. A must for parents.

I am a American student learning German as my second language. My German teacher recently purchased this book and I thought it was wonderful!! It's a good book to read to children and it makes me not want to play with fire! :) I can't understand every word in the book because I'm only in my second year of learning German but what I can read of it is great! When I am older, much older, I hope to teach my child/children english and german at the same time. I also plan to read this book to them. Having children is a FAR way off but it's a plan! And don't worry about me talking about children because I plan to be married and 26 or 27 when that happens! lol.

This is a classic German children's book. My parents read this to me when I was a child; it was one of my favorite books. The book teaches children about manners. It teaches you that when you do something wrong, there are consequences. Der Struwwelpeter was originally written about 150 years ago.

I was raised on this book from the age of 3 up, and it never "terrified" me; it was fascinating and a little scary to think these things COULD happen, but overall the lessons from the book stayed with me FOREVER. Stay well-groomed; eat your food; don't play with matches; don't suck your thumb... All great lessons, beautifully illustrated and cleverly told!

The author of this book is a German doctor .In his day, thereare no books for kids reading specially. One day,he wanted to buy abook for his lovely daughtor as a christmas present, but he didn'tfind a suitable one .So he decided to "create" the book writing for kids specially. Every kid who had read the book loved it very much ,after he sent it to his daughtor . There is no except for me , after listening to my teacher telling the ten stories in this book. First time, I was shocked by the story , but in a short time I have love it. Sometimes you may be theatened by it , but it also satisfied you a craving. It is not like a creed to forbid childrens to do those thins most parents will be angry with, although the author himself is a father . I think this book will not only catch the children's heart but all the readers!

I know that this is a German classic - but i received it as a child from my German father and i still shudder when i see it. I raised 4 kids and never showed them this book !

SLOVENLY PETER has been in print for 140 years! It's probably the most well-read book for children ever published. The color illustrations are unique. Adults will recognize their own childhood exploits in tales like "Cruel Frederick". Reading SLOVENLY PETER should be part of every child's education. It's a comment on the times that many librarians have never heard of it.

Fair quality reproduction. Looks like scanned and photo copied pages, one-sided. I do like that it is in Engllish because most editions are in German. Seems like someone could do a better job of reproducing this classic. Anyone with German roots should have a copy as this was about as popular as Mother Goose or Grimm's. Every German I know has a memory of one of these stories from their youth.