About the author

Agnes Sapper (1852–1929) was a German writer of children's literature and family stories, with six of her works held in this collection. Public information about her is limited, and the details of her life are difficult to set out fully; her surviving works nonetheless show that she consistently drew on family life, children's education, and everyday experience in wartime. Her representative work, Die Familie Pfäffling: Eine deutsche Wintergeschichte, portrays family life with warmth and realism. Das erste Schuljahr: Eine Erzählung für Kinder von 7-12 Jahren and Das kleine Dummerle und andere Erzählungen zum Vorlesen im Familienkreise are clearly addressed to child readers and to family read-aloud settings, with simple language and attention to everyday detail. Ohne den Vater: Erzählung aus dem Kriege and Kriegsbüchlein für unsere Kinder show her concern with the effects of war on families and children. Frau Pauline Brater: Lebensbild einer deutschen Frau is closer in form to biography. Overall, she is known for plain, affectionate narration, and her works long circulated in German family reading.

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