Struwwelpeter: Merry Tales and Funny Pictures

About this film

LibriVox recording of Struwwelpeter, by Heinrich Hofmann. read in English by Roman Buettner. Struwwelpeter (Slovenly Peter) is an illustrated collection of humorous children's poems describing ludicrous and usually violent punishments for naughty behavior. Hoffmann, a Frankfurt physician, wanted to buy a picture book for his son for Christmas in 1844. Not impressed by what the stores had to offer, he instead bought a notebook and wrote his own stories and pictures. While Struwwelpeter is somewhat notorious for its perceived brutal treatment of the erring children, it has been influential on many later children's books, most notably Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. (Summary by Catharine, Kara, and wikipedia.org) For further information, including links to online text, reader information, RSS feeds, CD cover or other formats (if available), please go to the LibriVox catalog page for this recording. Download M4B (8MB)

Directors & creators

Heinrich Hoffman

Subjects

librivox; literature; audiobook; children; humor; hofmann

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