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German books please?
Children, young adult, easy-to-digest literature? I'm not sure what genre though; maybe hold the fantasy and science fiction--I usually like them but I'm afraid the vocabulary would be tougher in these?
Re: German books please?
(Anonymous) 2019-10-27 09:10 pm (UTC)(link)Janosch wrote and illustrated books for children (and grown-ups). His most famous story is Oh, wie schön ist Panama. It's not too long, beautiful and a classic. He wrote short-ish stories more than books.
Michael Ende wrote The Neverending Story, but be warned, it's really long (the movie only covers the first half of the book). His other famous works include Momo, a story about time thieves that, like Die Unendliche Geschichte, has stuff to say about society; and Jim Knopf und Lukas der Lokomotivführer, which I heartily recommend. It's another children's book classic, this one a fantasy story about a boy and his best friend, a train conductor, who have to leave their home because Jim is growing up, and while their tiny island nation was big enough for a boy, four grown-ups, and a locomotive, it is not big enough for five grown-ups and a locomotive. So Jim, Lukas and Lukas' locomotive Emma leave the island, and on their travels they encounter many interesting characters and geographical oddities. It's adorable and I love it. There's also a sequel called Jim Knopf und die Wilde 13, in which Jim and Lukas meet a lot of people again, and which has the most amazing plot twist ever.
Erich Kästner might be a bit harder because his most famous books were written in the 1930s and 40s, so the language might be a bit outdated, but they're still cool and I adore them. The movie The Parent Trap is based on his book Das doppelte Lottchen; Emil und die Detektive is a book about children finding and tricking a thief; and my favourite, Das fliegende Klassenzimmer, is about a school class at a boys school and the dynamics, troubles and worries of the kids there. And it's not as Enid Blyton as it might sound: Kästner was pretty political and that shines through in his books, especially in Das fliegende Klassenzimmer.
Re: German books please?
(Anonymous) 2019-10-27 09:16 pm (UTC)(link)Re: German books please?
I remember reading a translation for the Lottchen book in middle school so I guess I could start here, as I already know the story it should be easier to follow?
Re: German books please?
(Anonymous) 2019-10-28 06:48 pm (UTC)(link)I found the beginning of the book online, but it was formatted badly, so I'm not going to link it and c/p a fixed version instead. See if this book is for you:
DAS DOPPELTE LOTTCHEN
ERSTES KAPITEL
Seebühl am Bühlsee – Kinderheime sind wie Bienenstöcke – Ein Autobus mit zwanzig Neuen – Locken und Zöpfe – Darf ein Kind dem andern die Nase abbeißen? – Der englische König und sein astrologischer Zwilling – Über die Schwierigkeit, Lachfältchen zu kriegen
Kennt ihr eigentlich Seebühl? Das Gebirgsdorf Seebühl? Seebühl am Bühlsee? Nein? Nicht? Merkwürdig. Keiner, den man fragt, kennt Seebühl! Womöglich gehört Seebühl am Bühlsee zu den Ortschaften, die ausgerechnet nur jene Leute kennen, die man nicht fragt? Wundern würde mich's nicht. So etwas gibt's.
Nun, wenn ihr Seebühl am Bühlsee nicht kennt, könnt ihr natürlich auch das Kinderheim in Seebühl am Bühlsee nicht kennen, das bekannte Ferienheim für kleine Mädchen. Schade. Aber es macht nichts. Kinderheime ähneln einander wie Vierpfundbrote oder Hundsveilchen. Wer eines kennt, kennt sie alle. Und wer an ihnen vorüberspaziert, könnte denken, es seien riesengroße Bienenstöcke. Es summt von Gelächter, Geschrei, Getuschel und Gekicher. Solche Ferienheime sind Bienenstöcke des Kinderglücks und Frohsinns. Und so viele es geben mag, wird es doch nie genug davon geben können.
Freilich abends, da setzt sich zuweilen der graue Zwerg Heimweh an die Betten im Schlafsaal, zieht sein graues Rechenheft und den grauen Bleistift aus der Tasche und zählt ernsten Gesichts die Kindertränen ringsum zusammen, die geweinten und die ungeweinten. Aber am Morgen ist er, hast du nicht gesehen, verschwunden! Dann klappern die Milchtassen, dann plappern die kleinen Mäuler wieder um die Wette. Dann rennen wieder die Bademätze rudelweise in den kühlen, flaschengrünen See hinein, planschen, kreischen, jauchzen, krähen, schwimmen oder tun doch wenigstens, als schwömmen sie.
So ist's auch in Seebühl am Bühlsee, wo die Geschichte anfängt, die ich euch erzählen will. Eine etwas verzwickte Geschichte. Und ihr werdet manchmal höllisch aufpassen müssen, damit ihr alles haargenau und gründlich versteht. Zu Beginn geht es allerdings noch ganz gemütlich zu. Verwickelt wird's erst in den späteren Kapiteln.
What do you think? Okay, or too hard?
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(Anonymous) 2019-10-29 08:26 pm (UTC)(link)Re: German books please?
(Anonymous) 2019-10-27 09:14 pm (UTC)(link)Re: German books please?
(Anonymous) 2019-10-28 04:22 am (UTC)(link)Re: German books please?
https://www.cornelsen.de/reihen/die-daf-bibliothek-120002440000
-->Easy Readers for DaF, A1-B2
As an anime and manga fan: Watching subs and reading manga for things I couldn't get in English was probably the most motivating *g* Another one was getting a hold of DVDs of whatever TV show (ST: Voy, for my part), where I could watch the dub while reading the subs. Watching films you've seen before, where you know the dialogue and the story, is good for catching what the same line sounds like in whatever target language you're after.
Re: German books please?
I don't think I can make time to rewatch films or series, but I can hunt down manga or comics books.
Re: German books please?
(Anonymous) 2019-10-28 04:35 am (UTC)(link)Also maybe the children's series Burg Schreckenstein by Oliver Hassencamp. It's a series taking place in a boy's boarding school.
And a classic I love quite a lot is Die Rote Zora by Kurt Held. It's an older book but I think I remember the language not being overly complicated.
Re: German books please?
(Anonymous) 2019-10-28 06:59 am (UTC)(link)Re: German books please?