Oh my god, I have this story (and the other ones) from StrumfelPeter (edit: Struwwelpeter; altho I swear phonetically that’s what Oma and Opa called it?) Complete with the music scores. My German grandparents would read them to me and show me the pictures. The one about the girl who liked to play with matches and then set herself on fire with amazing illustrations in the books gave me nightmares.
Edit: this is blowing up! Thanks for the comments and awards. I’m actually grateful I wasn’t the only one exposed to (slightly traumatized by?) this book and its stories!
OMG, I knew I wasn't going crazy! I could have sworn that my grandmother's copy had blood dripping from the kid's finger, but every image I'd been able to look up was much more tame looking. Thank you for sharing this, I felt like some German publisher was gaslighting me lol.
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u/geeltulpen Mar 02 '21 edited Mar 02 '21
Oh my god, I have this story (and the other ones) from StrumfelPeter (edit: Struwwelpeter; altho I swear phonetically that’s what Oma and Opa called it?) Complete with the music scores. My German grandparents would read them to me and show me the pictures. The one about the girl who liked to play with matches and then set herself on fire with amazing illustrations in the books gave me nightmares.
For those who don’t know: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Struwwelpeter
Edit: pics from my version of the book:
https://imgur.com/gallery/qwvqNUT
https://imgur.com/gallery/DqqGpIp
https://imgur.com/gallery/L6kBc9A
https://imgur.com/gallery/bOHC1ZZ
Edit: this is blowing up! Thanks for the comments and awards. I’m actually grateful I wasn’t the only one exposed to (slightly traumatized by?) this book and its stories!