Struwwelpeter: Merry Stories and Funny Pictures' is a German children's book by Heinrich Hoffmann. It was first published in the year 1845. It comprises ten illustrated and rhymed stories, mostly about children. Each has a clear moral that demonstrates the disastrous consequences of misbehavior in an exaggerated way. The title of the first story provides the title of the whole book. It is one of the earliest books for children that combines visual and verbal narratives in a book format, and is considered a precursor to comic books.