by Erich Kästner · Cecilie Dressler Verlag · tapa dura · ISBN 9783791530147
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«Pünktchen und Anton» is the children's novel by Erich Kästner, published by Cecilie Dressler Verlag in hardcover (155 pages, in German).
In interwar Berlin, Luise «Pünktchen» Pogge, daughter of a wealthy family, sells matches on the street at night. Her friend Anton, poor and with a sick mother, barely has enough to eat. Despite their differences, they are inseparable; when thieves plan to rob Pünktchen's house, Anton acts with wit and courage.
The illustrations are by Walter Trier; the original subtitle is «Ein Roman für Kinder». The work was originally published in 1931.
Recommended for children aged 10 and up and for those seeking classics of German children's literature.
Emil Erich Kästner was a German writer, poet, screenwriter and satirist, known primarily for his humorous, socially astute poems and for children's books including Emil and the Detectives and Lisa and Lottie. He received the international Hans Christian Andersen Award in 1960 for his autobiography When I Was a Little Boy. He was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature in eight separate years.
