Puck: The Gnome

by Jakob Streit, Nina Kuettel (Translator)

This is a delightful story from master storyteller Jakob Streit, with insights of wisdom, humour and goodness.Puck the gnome has one foot facing forward, and one facing backward -- so he never knows if he's coming or going! His story brings to life the world of gnomes for children and addresses issues of friendship, honesty and loyalty.

100 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1981

About the author

Jakob Streit (23 September 1910 in Spiez, Switzerland – 15 May 2009 in Spiez) was a Swiss author, teacher and anthroposophist. Besides this he worked as musician and choirmaster as well as conductor and dramaturg

Source: Wikipedia

Reviews

[Marmot · Rating 3 out of 5]

Kids liked it, I thought it was ok. Would have been better if all the illustrations were in colour (I could tell they were nice watercolours, but black and white didn’t do them justice)

[John Reinhart · Rating 5 out of 5]

A beautiful poetic picture of what it means to be human, given from the vantage of gnomes - this story kept my 5 1/2 and 7-year-old enrapt.