Der Struwwelpeter — Die Geschichte vom Hanns Guck-in-die-Luft
Channel: maerchenonkel71
Date: 15/03/2015

The Story of Hanns Look-In-The-Air from the picture book Der Struwwelpeter by Dr. Heinrich Hoffmann, published in 1845 and intended for children age 3 to 6.
Hoffmann wrote a series of storied as a christmas gift for his son in 1845. Friends were so impressed by the stories that they persuaded him to publish them as a book. Hoffmann himself made the drawings, and the result, Der Struwwelpeter, became a huge success.
This is one of the more harmess stories, but most of the other stories where children suffer extremely cruel consequences for minor misbehavior have drawn harsh criticism to the entire book, which is not nearly as popular as it used to be.