This book was written for children beginning to learn the German language. It starts with words that are similar in English and German, such as "Der Zirkus ist heir!", and an easy to follow guide to pronunciation and then moves through topics such as the calendar, the weather, the circus, and mottos, before finishing with some Nursery Rhymes and Christmas Carols in German. Then follows a vocabulary list (Wortschatz) with a transliterated version of each word to aid pronunciation. Lee Cooper also wrote similar books for learning French, Spanish, and Italian.