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Struwwelpeter and Other Disturbing Tales by Heinrich Hoffmann
by Bob Staake
A visually stunning reinterpretation of the fairy tale classic! Mesmerized as a child by the nightmarish prose and haunting images contained in the book, noted author/illustrator Bob Staake gives a 21st century spin to these 14 stories - each more politically incorrect than the next.
A visually stunning reinterpretation of the fairy tale classic! Mesmerized as a child by the nightmarish prose and haunting images contained in the book, noted author/illustrator Bob Staake gives a 21st century spin to these 14 stories - each more politically incorrect than the next.
32 pages, Hardcover
First published March 1, 2006
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Bob Staake
78 books54 followersBob Staake has authored and/or illustrated more than forty-two books, including The Red Lemon, a New York Times Book Review Best Illustrated Children’s Book of the Year. His work has graced the cover of The New Yorker a dozen times, and his November 17, 2008 Barack Obama victory cover was named Best Magazine Cover of the Year by Time magazine. He lives on Cape Cod, in Massachusetts.
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April 17, 2019
What perverso-juvenile/stereo-erotic procurative process does "Balustrade of Blabulon" use to enlist the creators?
I've enjoyed, in a primitive sense, my first four tastes of "The Beauchef Montebank's" snazzy-spined, square-shaped series of picto-repugnant, swine-eyed eubaloo-stew.
My Multiplying Story-Blabulist:
Alphabetical Ballad of Carnality
Darling Cheri
The Magic Bottle
Struwwelpeter and Other Disturbing Tales for Human Beings
I've enjoyed, in a primitive sense, my first four tastes of "The Beauchef Montebank's" snazzy-spined, square-shaped series of picto-repugnant, swine-eyed eubaloo-stew.
My Multiplying Story-Blabulist:
Alphabetical Ballad of Carnality
Darling Cheri
The Magic Bottle
Struwwelpeter and Other Disturbing Tales for Human Beings
January 12, 2019
Not sure if this makes me a bad father but we bought this when our son was 5 ;) but then again: I am German, norm & raised. Brilliant interpretation though. Brilliant translation too. Next task for me: hunt down the CD i have a of a jazz ensemble doing songs based on the original poems.
October 31, 2014
It's Hallowe'en, so the perfect time to review one of the most disturbing books in my collection -- this one.
This book has been in my to-be-reviewed stack for a few months, and, even though I have a miniature dragon guarding it all that time, my almost six-year-old son keeps managing to find it and pull it out of the pile. I've been having to to bribe him to put it back. The truth is, I am less concerned about this book giving him nightmares than I am that he will like it -- he seems to have inherited a rather dark sense of humor.
I remember having a copy of an earlier translation of this book when I was almost six. I didn't scare me at all; I was fascinated. The stories are just as ridiculously macabre as they were when I first encountered them. The illustrations, however, are delightfully and brilliantly playful, which makes them less terrifying, but somehow more disturbing. In other words, absolutely perfect for anyone who possesses a rather dark sense of humor.
This book has been in my to-be-reviewed stack for a few months, and, even though I have a miniature dragon guarding it all that time, my almost six-year-old son keeps managing to find it and pull it out of the pile. I've been having to to bribe him to put it back. The truth is, I am less concerned about this book giving him nightmares than I am that he will like it -- he seems to have inherited a rather dark sense of humor.
I remember having a copy of an earlier translation of this book when I was almost six. I didn't scare me at all; I was fascinated. The stories are just as ridiculously macabre as they were when I first encountered them. The illustrations, however, are delightfully and brilliantly playful, which makes them less terrifying, but somehow more disturbing. In other words, absolutely perfect for anyone who possesses a rather dark sense of humor.
May 1, 2013
5 stars are for the illustrations. You would expect bizarre poems to have a rather individualistic visual interpretation and it does. I don't think one is supposed to take any of this seriously. I did as a child and hated the poems. Brimming with ott emotions!
January 31, 2011
Interesting and weird, yes. Awesome? Naah.
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