Nesthäkchen in the Children's Sanitorium: First English Translation of the German Children's Classic (Volume 3) (Nesthäkchen) - Softcover

Ury, Else

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1500424587 ISBN 13: 9781500424589

Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2014

Synopsis

A Nesthäkchen is the youngest child in a family. Else Ury's Nesthäkchen is a Berlin doctor's daughter, Annemarie Braun, a slim, golden blond, quintessential German girl. The ten book series follows Annemarie from infancy (Nesthäkchen and Her Dolls) to old age and grandchildren (Nesthäkchen with White Hair).  This third volume of the series tells the story of ten-year-old Annemarie's bout of scarlet fever, her recovery in a North Sea children's sanitorium, and her struggle to get home at the outbreak of World War I. (Juvenile fiction, adventure story)

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About the Author

Else Ury (1877-1943) was a children's author. Her books are German literary classics.Steven Lehrer is a writer who lives in New York. He is author of Wannsee House and the Holocaust, Hitler Sites, and The Reich Chancellery and Führerbunker Complex. He translated volume 4 of the Nesthäkchen series, Nesthäkchen and the World War, in 2006.

Review

"The context of the surrounding social setting is fascinating--a snapshot of a vanished world presented with charming, black-and-white period illustrations. Ury's narrative tone is amusingly sardonic at times--affectionate but assessing, as it aims to appeal to both children and their parents. Her portraits of the various adults that Annemarie encounters are refreshingly textured; they're not the one-dimensional authority figures that were more typical of children's books of the time. The story also handles Annemarie's shifting emotions, from feeling forlorn to gradually coming to like many people at Wittdün, in a lively, often charming way. It's easy to see why this series might have been so popular with German families nearly a century ago." Kirkus Reviews

Edition details

• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Publication date: 2014
• ISBN 10: 1500424587
• ISBN 13: 9781500424589
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 208