Looking for simple books that I can find the German translation of. I have Harry Potter, but between all the made up words and, well, I'd rather read something else.
I also have The Little Prince, but its honestly still a bit above my reading level, but don't worry about that. I'll come back to this thread for a while, I'm sure, as my reading level gets up to young adult, again.
Let's revisit our favorite childhood books, together!
The Hungry Caterpillar sticks in my mind as something I read at a very young age.
i love astrid lindgren and tove jansson (the author of the moomin series)
not sure how reading them in german would be, but lindgren has written some of my favorite children's stories. the brothers lionheart (die brüder löwenherz?) still has me sobbing as an adult. and ronia the robber's daughter (ronja, räubertochter) is also really good.
maybe the moomin series could be fun to read in german?
you could also read german fairy tales (like the brothers grimm)
I second Astrid Lindgren.
If you want books written by germans, "Krabat" by Otfried Preußler is pretty cool (and rather dark). Erich Kästner is great, so is Walter Moers. There's also "Momo" and "The Neverending Story" by Michael Ende.
TKKG is a bit more mundane and trivial, but probably perfect for what you're looking for.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TKKG
The language is relatively simple, but the cases are pretty engaging and entertaining, considering the target audience.
Click Clack Moo, cows that type, it's a classic about the importance of unionization and collective bargaining.
I have really fond memories of The Phantom Tollbooth (Milos ganz und gar unmögliche Reise). Whimsical little book with a lot of memorable characters.
the places you'll go - dr. suess
while acknowledging that his writing was great, he was a horrible person.
also, the giving tree - shel silverstein. so far no complaints about this guy.
Oh god what's wrong with Dr Seuss? I thought he was pretty decent politically for a lib, spoke out against the HUAAC and everything.
There's some outdated racist tropes in his books, but generally the message is anti racist, if clumsy and white-centric.
What did he do?
he cheated on his dying wife and didn't make any effort to hide it, and his wife ended up committing suicide because of it, this on top of him making a bunch of racist ass cartoons and ads and stuff, and he's pretty much a dick.
The Boxcar kids was always a interesting series, I also liked the tree house time machine.
Ooh, I'll have to keep an eye on this thread because I need the same thing to improve my German.
I haven't read them yet myself, but Erich Kästner is a classic German children's novelist (Emil und die Detektive). Cornelia Funke (Tintenherz) is a popular contemporary author.
