Die Zugmaus

by Uwe Timm

When Nibbles, an inquisitive young mouse, scampers onto a waiting train at the local station, little does he know he is about to be swept along on a cross-country adventure. Nibbles travels across his homeland of Germany, picks up a new friend in Switzerland, samples the delights of French cuisine in Paris and finally ends up as the star performer in a circus in England! But then Nibbles begins to feel homesick. How will one little mouse find his way home again?

Genres: German Literature

120 pages, Paperback

Published January 1, 2007

About the author

Uwe Timm was the youngest son in his family. His brother, 16 years his senior, was a soldier in the Waffen SS and died in Ukraine in 1943. Decades later, Uwe Timm approached his relationship with his father and brother in the critically acclaimed novel In my brother's shadow.

After working as a furrier, Timm studied Philosophy and German in Munich and Paris, achieving a PhD in German literature in 1971 with his thesis: The Problem of Absurdity in the Works of Albert Camus. During his studies, Timm was engaged in leftist activities of the 1960s. He became a member of the Socialist German Student Union and was associated with Benno Ohnesorg. From 1973 to 1981 he was a member of the German Communist Party. Three times Timm has been called as a writer-in-residence to several universities in English-speaking countries: in 1981 to the University of Warwick, in 1994 to Swansea and in 1997 to the Washington University in St. Louis. He has also been a lecturer at universities in Paderborn, Darmstadt, Lüneburg and Frankfurt.

Timm started publishing in the early 1970s and became known to a larger audience in Germany after one of his children's books, Rennschwein Rudi Rüssel, was turned into a movie. Today he is one of the most successful contemporary authors in Germany. His books Die Entdeckung der Currywurst (The Invention of Curried Sausage) and Am Beispiels meines Bruders (In my brother's shadow) can both be found on the syllabi of German schools. His readers usually appreciate Timm's writing style, which he himself calls "die Ästhetik des Alltags" ("the aesthetics of everyday life"). Timm imitates everyday storytelling by using everyday vocabulary and simple sentences and generally tries to imitate the way stories are orally told. His works often indirectly link with each other by taking up minor characters from one story and making this character the main character of another work. For example, a minor character like Frau Brücker from Johannisnacht is taken up as a main character in his book Die Entdeckung der Currywurst. Timm's works also tend to have autobiographical features and often deal with the German past or are set in the German past.

Reviews

[Lani · Rating 3 out of 5]

Schöne Lektüre für eine 3. Klasse

[Chiara Elanor Carugati · Rating 3 out of 5]

I libri per bambini sotto ottimi per imparare a costruire trame intricate e ricche.
Ovviamente non l’ho letto in tedesco…

[ela 𐙚🧸ྀི · Rating 3 out of 5]

Ich hab das mal in der 3. Klasse gelesen und glaube fande es ganz gut

[Desiree · Rating 2 out of 5]

È un libro da bambini. Molto noioso. La copertina è più bella della storia.

[Carrie Brownell · Rating 5 out of 5]

Adorably cute little early chapter book with delightful illustrations from the one and only Axel Scheffler.

This book tells the story of a young mouse named Nibbles who has a hankering to see the world after his own home neighborhood has undergone a change. He takes a train and travels around Europe and over to England on his journey before deciding that home really is one of the nicest places to be.

This is not a First Chapter book but a beginner sort, with chapters roughly 3-4 pages long.

[Johannes Keil · Rating 4 out of 5]

Loved it as a child!

[Siama · Rating 5 out of 5]

Eine sehr süße Geschichte, die ich meinem 2,5-Jährigen jeden 3.Tag vorlesen muss.
Sehr zu empfehlen auch auf Reisen

[Diya Agrawal · Rating 5 out of 5]

The book was very enthusiastic and funny

[Amy · Rating 4 out of 5]

Es war spannend wo die Maus in Zug war immer von München nach Hamburg ich fand, es war fast wie ein Tagebuch.

[Swara Chavan · Rating 3 out of 5]

there was sad