New Children's Stories from Oberheudorf: Fifteen Cheerful Tales

Siebe, Josephine, 1870-1941Project Gutenberg · United StatesDec 2019

Rating 2.7
Word count
278K words
Chapters
28

Tags

Children's Literature Coming of AgeJoyful MoodHeartwarmingHumorous Short StoriesSlice of LifeShort StoriesPlayful NarrativeRural Daily LifeGerman LiteratureParent-Child Reading

Summary

Project Gutenberg was the first provider of free electronic books, or eBooks. Michael Hart, founder of Project Gutenberg, invented eBooks in 1971 and his memory continues to inspire the creation of eBooks and related technologies today.Neue Kindergeschichten aus Oberheudorf: Fünfzehn heitere Erzählungen by SiebeAuthor: Siebe, Josephine, 1870-1941,Language: German, Class: PZ: Language and Literatures: Juvenile belles lettres, Release Date: Aug 19, 2015

Editor's review

This German collection of children's stories brings together fifteen light narratives by Josephine Siebe, suited as an entry point for German learners encountering the language of early twentieth-century children's literature. Set against rural everyday life, the tales are bright in tone and short in length, easy to read in sections. As a public-domain ebook, it preserves the language of the original, letting readers observe the narrative rhythm and diction of German children's literature of the period. The stories stand alone, suited to family read-aloud or supplementary classroom reading. Note that the text is in German and reflects early rural life, so non-German readers will need tools or a parallel translation. Overall, its value lies in the language sample and the historical reading experience rather than in modern plotting.

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Reading tips

  1. Read one story a day: first skim for the gist, then look up new words and read it aloud once
  2. Order the fifteen stories by length and work from short to long
  3. Take brief notes on the rural settings to help understand the period context

About the publisher

Project Gutenberg United States · Founded in 1971

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Contents

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FAQ

Is this book suitable for absolute beginners in German? Not really. The whole book is in German, with early twentieth-century phrasing, so the barrier is high for beginners. It is better to have basic vocabulary and simple-sentence reading skills first, or to use a dictionary and a parallel translation.
Do the fifteen stories need to be read in order? No. The stories are largely independent, so readers can choose freely by length or interest. For study, start with the short ones and gradually adjust to the author's style and narrative rhythm.
Where does the ebook edition come from? The information shows the book was released by Project Gutenberg as a free public-domain ebook. Readers can get the original text through its platform; note that this edition is in German, with no Chinese notes or translation.

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About the author

Siebe, Josephine, 1870-1941 Author

Josephine Siebe (1870–1941) was a German author of children's literature and popular fiction, with thirteen of her works held in this collection. Public information about her is limited, and the details of her life are difficult to establish, yet the subjects of her books show that she wrote for young readers and family audiences over many years. Her representative works include Kleinstadtkinder: Buben und Mädelgeschichten, Kasperle auf Burg Himmelhoch, Kasperle auf Reisen, Die Sternbuben in der Großstadt, and Rose, Linde und Silberner Stern; these mostly depict children's everyday lives, travels, and adventures, and coming-of-age experiences in a lively, vivid style. She also wrote novels and biographical works such as Stille Kämpfer, Henriette Goldschmidt: Ihr Leben und ihr Schaffen, and Herrn de Charreards deutsche Kinder: Die Geschichte einer Familie, showing a diversity of subject matter. Her books circulated widely in early twentieth-century German-language children's reading and remain readable material for studying the children's literature of that period.