![]() The 10 cautionary tales told in rhyme are accompanied by vivid illustrations of boys and girls in nightmarish scenarios. ![]() Twain's American version, Slovenly Peter, was published in 1935. According to one, her father had been motivated by his close identification with the children in Der Struwwelpter. While living in Berlin with his family in 1891, Mark Twain translated the book he gave to his three daughters for Christmas. The first English translation was published in 1848. Hoffman, a Frankfurt physician and father, wrote the book after realizing that there were none he wanted to buy for his 3-year-old son for Christmas. ![]() Published in 1858, Der Struwwelpeter (Shaggy Peter) is a German children's book first published anonymously under a different title in 1845 by Heinrich Hoffman. ![]()
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