Nesthaekchen's First School Year: First English Edition of the German Children's Classic - Paperback

by Steven Lehrer (Translator), Else Ury (Author)

Else Ury's Nesthäkchen is a Berlin doctor's daughter, Anne Marie Braun, a slim, golden blond, quintessential German girl. The ten book Nesthäkchen series follows Annemarie from infancy (Nesthäkchen and Her Dolls) to old age and grandchildren (Nesthäkchen with White Hair). Volume 2 describes Anne Marie's first school year.

Author Biography

Else Ury (1877-1943) was a children's author murdered at Auschwitz. Her books are German literary classics. Steven Lehrer translated volume 4 of the series, Nesthäkchen and the World War, in 2006.