Struwwelpeter: Pretty Stories and Funny Pictures

von Heinrich Hoffmann

"Der Struwwelpeter" (1845) (or "Shockheaded Peter") is a 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.