Die wunderbaren Reisen und Abenteuer des Freiherrn von Münchhausen.

by Peter Nickl, Binette Schroeder (Illustrator)

A new illustrated edition of the classic tales of the eccentric German baron captures Mu+a5nchhausen's gift for turning stories of fantastical events into believable narratives. By the illustrator of the The Frog Prince.

Hardcover

First published January 1, 1977

Reviews

[S · Rating 5 out of 5]

What can you not like about short tales that involve the impaling of ducks and the exploding of bears and the slicing in two of horses and then the sewing of them up again?

Nothing I can think of.

[Lora · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is a good book to read when you have a couple minutes here and there, because the stories are for the most part only one page long with nicely painted illustrations.

I read the Norwegian translation, which was a children's book club selection. I definitely wouldn't let a sensitive child read this! Most of the stories involve hunting or warfare, and I'd call them surreal (and sometimes cruel) rather than tall tales. For example, one of the illustrations shows a horse cut in half but nonetheless standing on two legs with all its guts showing. Another shows a bear with a wagon tongue going into its mouth and coming out its bottom. All in all, a strange but interesting book.

[Lauren · Rating 4 out of 5]

FYI, about half this book is stories on hunting/killing animals. So if you want to avoid that kind of thing, maybe this book is not for you. The illustrations are lovely though, and sometimes pretty funny.

[Arcana]

This version of the story is my favourite, mainly because of the illustrations which are quite mysterious and beautiful...

[Sam · Rating 2 out of 5]

Violent and bizarre. The creativity, however, caused me to complete the read.