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Struwwelpeter

Heinrich Hoffmann

189524 pagesabout 20–35 minutes
1895
first published
  • 1895Henry T. Coates & Co. · 90 pages · ENG
  • 1909Routledge & K. Paul · 24 pages · ENG
  • 1918Houghton Mifflin Company · 32 pages · ENG
  • 1935Now printed, for the first time, for the members of the Limited Editions Club by The Marchbanks Press · 34 pages · ENG
  • 1969C. E. Tuttle Co. · 24 pages · ENGISBN 9780804800334
  • 1990Forum · 24 pages · ENGISBN 9781872081007
  • 1995Dover Publications · 31 pages · ENGISBN 9780486284699
  • Blackie · ENGISBN 9780216886520

Struwwelpeter is a collection of children's poetry meant to serve as instructions for life's lessons. Most of the stories tell the tale of a child's misbehavior and the grizzly end they will meet if they do not change their ways.

How it feels

How it reads

ComplexityLayered
CommitmentQuick escape

Worth knowing

Written forChildren

When and where

Reading situationRead aloudCommuteWaiting
ThemesMorality

Content notesnot yet assessed

Quotesnone available

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