Der Struwwelpeter by Heinrich Hoffmann
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"Der Struwwelpeter" by Heinrich Hoffmann is a German children's book written and illustrated in 1845. This collection of ten illustrated and rhymed stories presents cautionary tales about children whose misbehavior leads to disastrous consequences. Each story delivers a clear moral lesson through exaggerated scenarios, from a boy who refuses to groom himself to children who ignore warnings with shocking results. Considered a precursor to comic books, this influential work combines visual and
verbal narratives to teach lessons through darkly humorous tales of disobedience. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Hoffmann, Heinrich, 1809-1894 |
|---|---|
| Title |
Der Struwwelpeter oder lustige Geschichten und drollige Bilder |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Struwwelpeter |
| Credits |
Produced by Anca Sabine Dumitrescu, La Monte H.P. Yarroll, Thorsten Kontowski, Irma Spehar, Markus Brenner and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 81.9 (6th grade). Easy to read. |
| Language | German |
| LoC Class | PT: Language and Literatures: Germanic, Scandinavian, and Icelandic literatures |
| LoC Class | PZ: Language and Literatures: Juvenile belles lettres |
| Subject | Children -- Conduct of life -- Juvenile fiction |
| Subject | Stories in rhyme |
| Subject | Behavior -- Fiction |
| Subject | Picture books for children |
| Subject | Children's poetry, German |
| Subject | Children's stories, German |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 24571 |
| Release Date | Feb 11, 2008 |
| Last Update | Aug 11, 2025 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 9309 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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