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[skull_bearer]

Any suggestions of good children's books in German? My reading isn't up to much yet, but I think I could manage ages 7-8.

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[pepperjackcandy.livejournal.com]

FWIW, I've been practicing my Chinese on Harry Potter. I figure that I already know what's going on, so I don't have to translate as I go.

There are also some interesting mistranslations to keep me on my toes. For example, Chocolate Frogs are described as "horseshoe-shaped chocolates." I think the translator confused the animal frog with the clothing closure kind of frog.

Also, in CoS, when Ginny sticks her head out of her bedroom and then closes her door quickly, Ron says that he doesn't know what's up with her, since she almost never closes her door.

[shadowvalkyrie.livejournal.com]

I can recommend anything Astrid Lindgren. I devoured those books as a kid. They're originally in Swedish, but the German translations are good, and pretty much every kid of the past three generations here has read them, so you get bonus pop culture knowledge. ;) My favourites were always those with a fatasy slant, namely Ronja Räubertochter, Mio, mein Mio and Die Brüder Löwenherz. More generally popular are Michel aus Lönneberga and Die Kinder aus Bullerbü, both set in rural, turn-of-the-century Sweden.

I was also deperately fond of Otfried Preußler's books, especially Krabat, which is pretty dark for a children's book, much darker than his other stuff, but the language is a bit old-fashioned sometimes, so I'm not sure it'll be suitable.

[sorion.livejournal.com]

I was just going to suggest Ronja Räubertochter, even though it's originally Swedish XD

I'm going to second it, then :)