What happens to disobedient children who suck their thumbs when told not to is illustrated in four panels. Parents' mention of a specific character in Der Struwwelpeter kids knew well served as short-hand criticism of objectionable behavior. While many German parents today find the tales disturbing, those who raised their children during the early decades of the 20th century found them useful for childrearing. The cartoon-like illustrations depict the dire consequences of such disobedient and unwise behavior as: poor hygiene, cruelty, playing with matches, bullying, thumb sucking, eating poorly, fidgeting at the table, and not paying attention while walking. The 10 cautionary tales told in rhyme are accompanied by vivid illustrations of boys and girls in nightmarish scenarios. Twain's American version, Slovenly Peter, was published in 1935.

According to one, her father had been motivated by his close identification with the children in Der Struwwelpter. While living in Berlin with his family in 1891, Mark Twain translated the book he gave to his three daughters for Christmas. The first English translation was published in 1848. Hoffman, a Frankfurt physician and father, wrote the book after realizing that there were none he wanted to buy for his 3-year-old son for Christmas.

Language: English.Published in 1858, Der Struwwelpeter (Shaggy Peter) is a German children's book first published anonymously under a different title in 1845 by Heinrich Hoffman. Hope you will like it and give your comments and suggestions. We found this book important for the readers who want to know more about our old treasure so we brought it back to the shelves. We expect that you will understand our compulsion in these books. If it is multi volume set, then it is only single volume, if you wish to order a specific or all the volumes you may contact us. As these are old books, we processed each page manually and make them readable but in some cases some pages which are blur or missing or black spots. 32, Printed on high quality Paper, re-sized as per Current standards, professionally processed without changing its contents.

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