Struwwelpeter

Der Struwwelpeter is a German story book of the Cautionary Tales mould. Despite being written back in 1844 (and despite containing phrases such as "woolly-headed black-a-moor"), it's still popular today. In fact, I was given one back when I was living there. I had forgotten all about it until I came across a reference to it while doing my Santa research (St. Nicholas appears in it, though not in a very recognisable form), and decided to have a poke around on the web for it. It turns out there's a version available online, in the original German and in English translation. Go have a looksie; it's quite gloriously traumatising.