Product Description: The story of Struwwelpeter is just over 150 years old and tells of a young lad whose name when translated into English is Slovenly Peter.
A classic 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!
Love this book RE: "Having been raised with this book and terrified by it sixty years ago, I cannot recommend it as a child-rearing tool for the new millenium. I would hope that the parents of today would have developed better ways of socializing and civilizing their children."
I have to disagree. Parents of today obviously have not developed a better way of socializing and civilizing their childen. kids are crazy, rude, obnoxious and don't care about manners anymore these days. Adults have no control over their kids because of what you CAN'T do or say to your kids. Instill fear on kids again. It worked for me and it worked or my kid. This book has been handed down from generation to generation in our family. None of us ever got in trouble and we have learned respect for ourselves and others. Take a look at the kids of today. They are your future. Scarey, isn't it? You may want to reconsider your thinking.
Dr. Schneider, Leipzig, Germany As I just wanted to redeem a gift certificate and on this line looking for some books written in German I found Der Struwwelpeter that has been one of may be the best books to teach me as child like later as father to educate my 3 children. Meanwhile, each of them are living in his/her own families...together with their children and Der Struwwelpeter...That's great.
Student 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.
Der Strwwelpeter 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.
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