Der Struwwelpeter Merry Stories and Funny Pictures

This classic collection of short children's stories has been translated into English.Der Struwwelpeter (1845) is a popular German children's book by Heinrich Hoffmann. It comprises ten illustrated and rhymed stories, mostly about children. Each has a clear moral that demonstrates the disastrous consequences of misbehavior in an exaggerated way. The title of the first story provides the title of the whole book. Literally translated, Struwwel-Peter means Shaggy-Peter.Struwwelpeter describes a boy who does not groom himself properly and is consequently unpopular.