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Title: Struwwelpeter: Fearful Stories & Vile Pictures to Instruct Good Little Folks by Heinrich Hoffmann, Sarita Vendetta, Jack Zipes, Mark Twain, Heinrich Hoffman ISBN: 0-922915-52-0 Publisher: Feral House Pub. Date: June, 1999 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $24.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.89 (9 reviews)
Rating: 3
Summary: Go for the Original, Not This
Comment: The original is a neat classic. This is a modern re-make (new drawings, "corrected" for a more modern audience), and strays from the quality of the original.
To it's credit, it has a copy of the original tacked on as an appendage.
Skip this version, and just get the original, and you'll have all you need, for less money.
Rating: 5
Summary: Struwwelpeter
Comment: This is an excellent read. In reference to the advice of most readers of Struwwelpeter to NOT let children read this book, I would like to quote Terry Pratchet: "...it was much earlier than that when most people forgot that the very oldest stories are, sooner or later, about blood. Later on they tookt he blood out to make the stories more acceptable to children, or at least to the people who read them to children rather than the children themselves (who, on the whole, are quite keen on blood provided it's being shed by the deserving. That is to say, those who deserve to shed blood. Or possibly not. You never quite know with some kids.)"
As an educator and once-child, I would reccommend this book to children over the age of 10. Of course this reading experience, like any, should involve a discussion with the parents so they can understand the differences between being a child of the Victorian era and being a child now.
Give kids credit!!
Rating: 4
Summary: Curious, twisted, with an interesting history...
Comment: Although this was historically a popular book for children in the 19th century, I was not familiar with it until it was referenced in Grant Morrison's _Doom Patrol_. I don't necessarily recommend this for kids of today, however. Adults who enjoy quirky rhymes and disturbing pictures like Edward Gorey's should get a kick out of this. What struck me about this edition was the additional material -- a brief discussion of changing attitudes toward child-rearing and how children were viewed by society, a review of some of the work that Struwwelpeter inspired, and even the inclusion of the anti-Nazi work Struwwelhitler. It's a well-rounded volume.
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Title: Struwwelpeter in English Translation by Heinrich Hoffmann ISBN: 0486284697 Publisher: Dover Pubns Pub. Date: 07 April, 1995 List Price(USD): $6.95 |
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Title: The Complete Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm All-New Third Edition by Johnny Gruelle, Jack Zipes ISBN: 0553382160 Publisher: Bantam Pub. Date: 01 January, 2003 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: The Neverending Story by Michael Ende, Ralph Manheim, Roswitha Quadflieg ISBN: 0140386335 Publisher: Puffin Pub. Date: December, 1996 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: The Classic Fairy Tales: Texts, Criticism (Norton Critical Edition) by Maria M. Tatar ISBN: 0393972771 Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company Pub. Date: November, 1998 List Price(USD): $16.35 |
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Title: Slovenly Betsy by Heinrich Hoffmann, Walter Hayn, Henry Hoffman ISBN: 155709408X Publisher: Applewood Books Pub. Date: September, 1995 List Price(USD): $7.95 |
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