Struwwelpeter in English Translation (Dover Children's Classics)
by Heinrich Hoffmann
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Author: Heinrich HoffmannEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); German (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 1995-04-07
ISBN: 0486284697
Number of pages: 32
Publisher: Dover Publications
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Book Review: Desperate Children: burning, stumbling, learning ...
Summary: 5 Stars
"And at table Mother's glare / silently at all did stare" (in Fidgety Philip): Nowadays, to the moral toughening up, adults follow up TV-series like "Desperate Housewives", but for a first instruction of little children one could hand the "Shock-Headed Peter". We learn at the figure of TV-star "Susan" (played by Teri Hatcher) in "Desperate Housewives", that it takes trouble if one sets a house on fire, - or, if one does not look, where one steps, he will stumble. The little children (which do not need sex appeal to be able to concentrate on a topic) will learn with clear drawings of the "Shock-Headed Peter", that a house will burn down if one swirled here with open fire (Harriet and the matches). Looking to the marvelous clouds above, Hans fells down into a brook, where the fishes are waiting. While the scenes of the TV series "Desperate Housewives", which are rearranged around the overtaxed mother Lynette Scavo (played by Felicity Huffman), are dedicated to all the hard-working mothers, the "Shock-Headed Peter" grasps the core of the evil directly at the collar: the children. Augustus, who wouldn't eat his soup? He starves to death. Basta! If nowadays children go outside, for example at a hurricane of the strength of 5, they are swirled up as if they would intend to land on the moon. In short: there is nothing more educationally sensible, than giving children an entrance to the portal of life using the book with that tousled-hair Peter on the cover ...
Summary of Struwwelpeter in English Translation (Dover Children's Classics)
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.
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