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Images from Sanya Glisic's insanely-great hand screen printed edition of Struwwelpeter.

Struwwelpeter, first published in Germany in 1844, contains ten cautionary tales for children, each one with a clear moral and overly exaggerated consequences for misbehavior. In one parable, a mother warns her son not to suck his thumbs. The son continues his habit. A tailor with giant scissors joins the scene, and the story heads in a dreadful direction.

Sanya Glisic, Struwwelpeter, cover

Sanya Glisic, Struwwelpeter, title page

Sanya Glisic, Struwwelpeter, title page detail

Sanya Glisic, Struwwelpeter, title page detail

Sanya Glisic, Struwwelpeter, title page detail

Sanya Glisic, Struwwelpeter, preamble

Sanya Glisic, Struwwelpeter, Struwwelpeter himself

Sanya Glisic, Struwwelpeter, Suck a thumb tailor

Sanya Glisic, Struwwelpeter, Johnny head in the air

Sanya Glisic, Struwwelpeter, Man hare

Sanya Glisic, Struwwelpeter, Inky Boys

Sanya Glisic, Struwwelpeter, Cruel Frederick

Sanya Glisic, Struwwelpeter, Augustus

Sanya Glisic, Struwwelpeter, The End