Reply #45: Oh, yes, Slovenly Peter!

[marzipanni]

I'm a 1950 kid and my family had that book, in English. My older brothers and I thought it was funny!. I assumed my grandmother had it when she was little- it looked very old-fashioned. My mom still has it at her house, and my brother dug it out and had my son read parts of it and they had a good laugh.
Another kid whose hairdo resembles Slovenly Peter's is ELOISE- she was my hero when I was 5-6. I had a white puff-sleeved blouse and pleated charcoal grey skirt with button-on suspenders just like hers. This girl made up her ownrules! If you know any 6-year-old girls I'd recommend ELOISE books to them. I took an Eloise book out of the library and my 8-year-old son and I read it together. He thought it was amusing- but he couldn't really imagine himself as ELOISE! I guess it's a girl thing.

http://www.mariebrenner.com/books/eloise.html