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Jim knopf & lukas der lokomotivführer

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Jim knopf & lukas der lokomotivführer

"Pippi," said Annika one day when they were eating pancakes in Villa Villekulla's pleasant kitchen, "Everyone knows you're the strongest person in the world. But who's next strongest?"

"Starke Adolf," said Pippi at once. "Remember I wrestled him to the ground at the fair and won a hundred kronor?"

"Oh yes!" said Tommy. "Of course. And who's third?"

"Ah," said Pippi. "I'm glad you asked me that question. It's my old friend Lukas the Engine-Driver, and now I think I need to go visit him again."

"Where

"Pippi," said Annika one day when they were eating pancakes in Villa Villekulla's pleasant kitchen, "Everyone knows you're the strongest person in the world. But who's next strongest?"

"Starke Adolf," said Pippi at once. "Remember I wrestled him to the ground at the fair and won a hundred kronor?"

"Oh yes!" said Tommy. "Of course. And who's third?"

"Ah," said Pippi. "I'm glad you asked me that question. It's my old friend Lukas the Engine-Driver, and now I think I need to go visit him again."

"Where does he live?" asked Annika.

"He lives in Lummerland," said Pippi. "Lummerland is the smallest country in the world. It's a little island and there's only room for four people. There's the King, and Herr Ärmel, and Frau Waas, and Lukas. And his engine. She is called Emma, and she is brave and loyal but not very smart. Engines never are you know."

"And he's really the third strongest person in the world?" asked Tommy.

"He certainly is!" said Pippi. "He can twist an iron bar into a knot with his bare hands and he is amazingly good at spitting. He can spit even better than I can. He can spit out a lighted match at twenty paces and make his spit do a loop on the way."

"But that's impossible," said Tommy. "I mean how--"

"Impossible for you," said Pippi. "Impossible for me. Even impossible for my father, Captain Långstrump, who is the spitting champion of the whole of the South Seas. But not impossible for Lukas the Engine-Driver. He has a special secret trick."

Tommy was about to ask another question, but Annika, who thought spitting was disgusting, interrupted him.

"You said Lummerland was only big enough for four people," she said.

"That's right," said Pippi. "Just enough for four people. And Emma. And the King's castle, and Frau Waas's shop, and two mountains and a railway line. And a tiny bit over."

"But what would happen if someone had a baby?" asked Annika.

"That is exactly what happened," said Pippi. "One day, a packet arrived at Lummerland. They opened it up and there was a baby boy inside. A black baby boy."

"But babies don't come in packets," said Annika.

"This one did," said Pippi.

"And anyway, how could he breathe?" asked Tommy.

"They had made air-holes in the packet," said Pippi. "But when Lukas saw it, he got so mad. He said, 'If I ever find who put this poor baby in a packet and sent him here, his life won't be worth a plugged nickle'. He got so mad the baby started crying and he had to calm down".

"What did they do with the baby?" asked Annika. She loved babies, and she already felt sorry for him.

"Frau Waas adopted him," said Pippi. "And Lukas was his best friend. They called him Jim. And when Jim was small, that was fine. Like I said, there was just a little space left over. But he started getting bigger and then the King got more and more worried. Because there wasn't enough room for another grown-up person."

"So what happened?" asked Annika.

"Well," said Pippi, "first the King said Emma had to leave Lummerland. But Lukas couldn't let that happen, because Emma was his engine, and what's an engine-driver without an engine? So he told Jim that he and Emma would leave together. But Jim was Lukas's best friend, and he said that then he was leaving too. So that night they all left together. They sailed away in Emma and had so many adventures that I could spend a week telling you about them."

"You can't sail away in an engine," said Tommy. "It would sink."

"You have to make them watertight," said Pippi. "Then they float. Lukas knows how to do it."

"Pippi," said Annika. "Is all this really true?"

"Cross my heart!" said Pippi. "I just remembered that my friend Michael Ende wrote down the whole story in a book. I told him it was such a good story he had to do that and he did. Michael is the best writer in the world."

"Do you have this book?" asked Annika suspiciously.

"Course I do!" said Pippi. "It's in my old steamer trunk. Here, I'll get it for you."

She flung open the trunk and began to toss out the things she found in it. There were all sorts of interesting objects - gold coins, old pistols, stuffed parrots, maps of strange places Annika had never heard of - but no book.

"Pippi," said Annika. "Admit it. You've been lying again."

"I have not!" said Pippi. "Look! Here it is!"

She pulled out a large book. There was a picture of two people on the cover, a man with a dark brown face and a boy with a coal-black face. They were both smoking pipes and grinning from ear to ear. The title of the book was Jim Knopf und Lukas der Lokomotivführer.

"There!" said Pippi triumphantly. "Now do you believe me?"

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Jim Knopf und Lukas der Lokomotivführer = ‎Jim Buttom and Luke the Engine Driver (Jim Knopf #1), Michael Ende

Jim Button and Luke the Engine Driver is a German children's novel written by Michael Ende. Published in 1960, it became one of the most successful German children's books in the postwar era after having first been rejected by a dozen publishers.

The story begins on a tiny island called Morrowland (original German: Lummerland, a play on Nimmerland [de], the German translation of Neverland

Jim Knopf und Lukas der Lokomotivführer = ‎Jim Buttom and Luke the Engine Driver (Jim Knopf #1), Michael Ende

Jim Button and Luke the Engine Driver is a German children's novel written by Michael Ende. Published in 1960, it became one of the most successful German children's books in the postwar era after having first been rejected by a dozen publishers.

The story begins on a tiny island called Morrowland (original German: Lummerland, a play on Nimmerland [de], the German translation of Neverland), which has just enough space for a small palace, a train station and rails all around the island, a grocery store, a small house, a king, two subjects, a locomotive named Emma, and a locomotive engineer by the name of Luke (Lukas) (who, as railway civil servant, is not a subject). One day, the postman – who has to come by ship – drops off a package with a nearly illegible address for a Mrs. Krintuuth at Zorroulend. On the back was a large 13. After a futile search for the addressee among Morrowland's few inhabitants, they open the package. To their immense surprise, there's a black baby inside. After the commotion has died down, the baby is adopted by the islanders and is named Jim Button.

As Jim grows up, the King begins to worry that the island is too small and there won't be enough space for Jim to live on once he's an adult. He announces to Luke that Emma has to be removed. Luke, upset about this decision, decides to leave the island with Emma, and Jim (who had accidentally overheard Luke relating his woes to Emma) decides to come along. They convert Emma into a makeshift ship and sail off the island in the night, eventually arriving at the coast of Mandala (a fictional country inspired by China).

When they arrive in Ping, the capital, they win the friendship of a tiny great-grandchild named Ping Pong, who tells them the Emperor is in mourning. His daughter, Li Si (a pun on the German variant of Lizzy), has been kidnapped and is being held in the Dragon City.[3] Luke and Jim offer their help, and while investigating the circumstances of Li Si's disappearance, they stumble upon several names which are directly connected to Jim's mysterious arrival on Morrowland: Mrs. Grindtooth (Frau Mahlzahn), the Wild 13, and Sorrowland (Kummerland). Now Jim and Luke have another reason to go to the Dragon City, located in Sorrowland, and confront Mrs. Grindtooth.

تاریخ نخستین خوانش: ششم ماه سپتامبر سال 1998میلادی

عنوان: جیم دگمه؛ نویسنده: میشائیل (میشل) انده؛ تصویرگر راینهارد میخل؛ مترجم: یزدان خدابنده؛ تهران، کانون پرورش فکری کودکان و نوجوانان، 1375؛ در 231ص، مصور؛ چاپ دوم ؟، چاپ سوم 1381، چاپ چهارم 1392؛ شابک 9789644322372؛ موضوع داستانهای کودکان و نوجوانان از نویسندگان آلمانی سده 20م

لوکاس، راننده قطار، در کشور بسیار کوچکی به نام «لومرلند»، زندگی میکرد؛ «لومرلند» همچون یک جزیره بود، و یک پادشاه داشت؛ همه ی ماجرا از روزی آغاز شد، که قایق پست، در ساحل «لومرلند» لنگر انداخت، و نامه رسان، با یک بسته ی بزرگ روی خشکی پرید؛ اما هیچ کس نمیدانست که صاحب آدرس کیست، و در کجا زندگی میکند؛ سرانجام، با موافقت اعلیحضرت، بسته را باز کردند، و ناگهان با یک بچه ی سیاه رو در رو شدند؛ «لوکاس» اسم بچه را «جیم» گذاشت، و یکی از رعیتها هم برای او لباس دوخت؛ از آنجا که «جیم»، همیشه در حال بالا رفتن بود، فرقی هم نمیکرد از چی، از کوه، از درخت، از…، و وقتی پایین میآمد، شلوارش قرچ و قورچ پاره میشد، یکی از رعیتها یکبار به جای اینکه سوراخها را بدوزد، آنها را سردوزی کرده و دگمه گذاشت؛ از همان روز، تمام افراد جزیره، بچه سیاه را «جیم دگمه» صدا زدند، و چندی بعد، «جیم دگمه» به همراه «لوکاس»، به سفری هیجان انگیز و پر از ماجراهای باور نکردنی رفتند؛ اگر باور نمیکنید، میتوانید به دنبال آنها بروید، و حتی از دروازه مرگ و …؛هم عبور کنید

تاریخ بهنگام رسانی 26/07/1399هجری خورشیدی؛ ا. شربیانی

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Everyone who has read this delightful book will surely remember Tur Tur, the Scheinriese. He is cursed with the strange and wonderful gift that perspective works on him backwards: so when he is close by he looks small, but as he moves further away he looks larger. At a distance, he appears to be a terrifying giant. Of all the impossible things in Jim Knopf, this always struck me as the most impossible, so I was very surprised today, when reading Mukhan0v's Physical Foundations of Cosmology, to l Everyone who has read this delightful book will surely remember Tur Tur, the Scheinriese. He is cursed with the strange and wonderful gift that perspective works on him backwards: so when he is close by he looks small, but as he moves further away he looks larger. At a distance, he appears to be a terrifying giant. Of all the impossible things in Jim Knopf, this always struck me as the most impossible, so I was very surprised today, when reading Mukhan0v's Physical Foundations of Cosmology, to learn that the concept of the Scheinriese is not only logically consistent, it happens in our own universe.

As Mukhanov explains, the phenomenon is absolutely real, but we don't notice it because it only happens over extremely long distances. Close by, perspective works the way we're used to and distant objects are smaller. But this only applies up to redshift z = 5/4, which according to UCLA's CosmoCalc is about 3900 megaparsecs away. After this point, objects start looking larger as the distance increases. I realised that I had known this all along but just hadn't made the necessary connections. The patterns in the Cosmic Background Radiation, created when the universe was very small indeed, cover the whole sky: they look huge precisely because they're so distant.

Well. Maybe steam locomotives can talk, and I never noticed that either? It would certainly be less surprising.

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Jim Button and Luke the Engine Driver is the story the two title characters and Luke's locomotive Emma. It's a lovely adventure by the author of The Neverending Story. Jim Button and Luke the Engine Driver is the story the two title characters and Luke's locomotive Emma. It's a lovely adventure by the author of The Neverending Story. ...more

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This... did not age well. It feels well-intentioned originally, but it's still racist by today's standards.

CONTENT WARNINGS: Transracial adoption. German N-word.

This... did not age well. It feels well-intentioned originally, but it's still racist by today's standards.

CONTENT WARNINGS: Transracial adoption. German N-word.

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Oh no, the magic is lost! Between 2.5 and 3 stars. I remember when I was in primary school, we spent an hour every Friday in the school library. Back then my teacher read this book for us, but she never finished the story (she stopped around 30%) because the semester was already over. Many, many years went by and I have always wondered what happened to Jim Knopf and Lukas der Lokomotivführer. I can't help but feel sad. Back then I was so enchanted by the story, it was colorful and magical! But n Oh no, the magic is lost! Between 2.5 and 3 stars. I remember when I was in primary school, we spent an hour every Friday in the school library. Back then my teacher read this book for us, but she never finished the story (she stopped around 30%) because the semester was already over. Many, many years went by and I have always wondered what happened to Jim Knopf and Lukas der Lokomotivführer. I can't help but feel sad. Back then I was so enchanted by the story, it was colorful and magical! But now that I'm reading it as an adult, the magic is lost. I can't help but cringe at the stereotypical depictions of non-white people in this book. The ending was incredibly absurd.

However, the one thing that I did enjoy was the character of Herr Tür Tür who lives in the desert. In German, he is described as a "Scheinriese." From afar he appears like a giant, but the closer you walk towards him, the more he takes on his normal height and shape. For many years, people feared Herr Tür Tür, thinking that he was a gruesome giant, when in fact he was harmless and desperately craving for human connection. Jim and Lukas were the first people to talk to him since his parents died. In Goodreads, Michael Ende's biography includes this sentence: "The reader is often invited to take a more interactive role in the story, and the worlds in his books often mirror our reality, using fantasy to bring light to the problems of an increasingly technological modern society." Can't help but think that Herr Tür Tür was a symbol for the alienation and isolation felt by people despite the technological progress made.

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This is the story of a little boy called Jim Knopf and he lives with his best friend on the little Island LUmmerland. LUmmerland also has a king, and a few people who live on the beautiful Island. Frau Waas is the mother ( though not the real one) of Jim. WHen Jim was still a baby he came in a package for a woman called Frau Mahlzahn. But there was only one lady on LUmmerland and so Jim is the son of frau waas. One day , as Jim is allready 7 years old, The king says that the island is to small f This is the story of a little boy called Jim Knopf and he lives with his best friend on the little Island LUmmerland. LUmmerland also has a king, and a few people who live on the beautiful Island. Frau Waas is the mother ( though not the real one) of Jim. WHen Jim was still a baby he came in a package for a woman called Frau Mahlzahn. But there was only one lady on LUmmerland and so Jim is the son of frau waas. One day , as Jim is allready 7 years old, The king says that the island is to small for our and a half people. So in the middle of the night, JIm and Lukas run away with Lukas ild LOck. They made Emma a little ship, with a sail and they made her water poof.
They want to find out the history of Jim and than they have to save a little Chinese Princess from a dragon called frau Mahl zahn!
Do you know if they are going to do it? Read the story
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First long book I read together with my son

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My 300th review on Goodreads!
A very good children's book. Ende knows how to write, that is for sure.
My 300th review on Goodreads!
A very good children's book. Ende knows how to write, that is for sure.
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Lukas the Steam Engine Driver was one of my Childhood role models. Michael Ende's first book to become a best seller, it is very much part of my childhood; or one could go further: Ende with this and his other books helped to shape my worldview: things are not always what they seem to be. His genius idea of the "Schein-Riese", the aparent giant, who, unlike all others who are "Schein-Zwerge", aparent dwarfes, appears taller and taller the further away you step. This poor Scheinriese was hiding a Lukas the Steam Engine Driver was one of my Childhood role models. Michael Ende's first book to become a best seller, it is very much part of my childhood; or one could go further: Ende with this and his other books helped to shape my worldview: things are not always what they seem to be. His genius idea of the "Schein-Riese", the aparent giant, who, unlike all others who are "Schein-Zwerge", aparent dwarfes, appears taller and taller the further away you step. This poor Scheinriese was hiding away in a deserted place, as he was also very kind and did not want to frighten people. Lukas was brave enough to look at his expression, rather than the frighful size, and thus got close enough to learn the truth. I feel it's a real shame Ende and his quirky worldview is not nearly as well known in the English speaking world. Japan on the other hand knows him well! ...more

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Not gonna lie, a bit disappointed. I actually liked the cool little pieces of information and small science facts through out the story but overall the story had a really weird turn.
I thought lukas must just really love his locomotive turns out he's been fucking it bc SHE got pregnant at the end 😂
Now I'm pretty sure Michael Ende wanted to just have a locomotive at the end to have Lukas give to Jim. Maybe I'm just too pervert for this but for how lukas treated that locomotive you would have to ch
Not gonna lie, a bit disappointed. I actually liked the cool little pieces of information and small science facts through out the story but overall the story had a really weird turn.
I thought lukas must just really love his locomotive turns out he's been fucking it bc SHE got pregnant at the end 😂
Now I'm pretty sure Michael Ende wanted to just have a locomotive at the end to have Lukas give to Jim. Maybe I'm just too pervert for this but for how lukas treated that locomotive you would have to change my mind about lukas not fucking her bc I've seen it before. I'm talking to you TLC!
And... With today's standards I'm sure i just witnessed two kids get married (ok they said fiance but that's not ok either) and I'm pretty sure that little fucker (the king) would have given his daughter to Lukas (his 2 yo daughter! to a almost 50 yo man) if he agreed on it but thank god Lukas was not that kind of guy. He's into... Other... Things...

But if you ignore these, good story

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This is one of those masterpieces of literature for children, which brings a lot of fun and light to their parents as well (Tove Jansen maybe closest example). Imaginery world is mixed and shaken here with the real one, with a little touch of satire and lot of humor. You always know where real China ends and imaginary one starts, but you hardly notice how it happens.
Little island kingdom has one king and three subjects, untill one fine day they get the fourth - black baby foundling - Jim Knopf.
This is one of those masterpieces of literature for children, which brings a lot of fun and light to their parents as well (Tove Jansen maybe closest example). Imaginery world is mixed and shaken here with the real one, with a little touch of satire and lot of humor. You always know where real China ends and imaginary one starts, but you hardly notice how it happens.
Little island kingdom has one king and three subjects, untill one fine day they get the fourth - black baby foundling - Jim Knopf. He grows up and one day the King decides that there's not enough place in the country for four subjects and Lucas the Locomotive Driver and Jim Knopf and their locomotive Kristi have to go away. They travel across the sea to China where a lot of adventures await them, including Princess of course, 5 months old prime-minister, Dragon, obssesed with desire to mentor and punish children, multi-colored mountains and a lot of other stuff.
Just to give you a small glimpse of storytelling that Ende offers here I can remember Sham Giant. He seems as a giant and all the people and animals are running away from him, but actually he's normal person who is suffering from another problem: when ordinary people tend to get smaller as they go further away from our sight, Sham Giant, being a normal person in reality, tends to get BIGGER as he gets further away from the viewer. So if he'll be in like 1000 meters from you he'll seem like he is as tall as the sky. If you dare to get him closer he'll get smaller, untill he reaches you and then he will look like normal people. The problem is that everyone fears him when he is far away (because he is Giant at that position). He is very very lonely person.
The only downside of this book for me was a little intrusive politcorectness theme, but no big deal about it.
We've been reading this with my dauther of course, but as it always happens with the books she really likes she couldn't wait untill I have time to read her again and started to swallow whole chapters by herself. Well... She had to retell me everything after, I just had to know.
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Not a bad book but maybe when you`re a kid you`ll enjoy it much more than when you`re an adult reader.

Still, we have a lot of good things happening...

Loved the illustrations and yes, the romanian version looks great.

Not a bad book but maybe when you`re a kid you`ll enjoy it much more than when you`re an adult reader.

Still, we have a lot of good things happening...

Loved the illustrations and yes, the romanian version looks great.

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3.5 stars.

I fondly remember the anime series I watched as a child. I believe the book is also great for children, yet I did not like it that much as an adult. It was enjoyable and sweet enough but not quite fetching.

Jim knopf & lukas der lokomotivführer

Wonderful children´s book for young and old alike.

Jim knopf & lukas der lokomotivführer

I can only say it was fun!

Jim knopf & lukas der lokomotivführer

It is mostly nostalgia that makes me give this book such a high rating - the duology was a companion of my kindergarten and primary school years, alongside other classics such as Astrid Lindgren's works, and more modern stories like Warrior Cats or the Magic Treehouse series.
The world of Lummerland is wonderfully absurd and charming, the style most enticing, both in the images it calls to mind and the language it uses, the tale one fondly remembered.
Truly, a German classic worthy of its title.
It is mostly nostalgia that makes me give this book such a high rating - the duology was a companion of my kindergarten and primary school years, alongside other classics such as Astrid Lindgren's works, and more modern stories like Warrior Cats or the Magic Treehouse series.
The world of Lummerland is wonderfully absurd and charming, the style most enticing, both in the images it calls to mind and the language it uses, the tale one fondly remembered.
Truly, a German classic worthy of its title.
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This was the first book I'd read in German in many years, and I found the language level to be just about perfect for me - I'd look up a word here or there, but for the most part I either knew the words or could figure them out from context without a struggle, so I was able to just read along. That in itself was enjoyable for me.

The story itself was also amusing, but definitely not something that would be published today. The roles of women within the story are few and extremely traditional. A p

This was the first book I'd read in German in many years, and I found the language level to be just about perfect for me - I'd look up a word here or there, but for the most part I either knew the words or could figure them out from context without a struggle, so I was able to just read along. That in itself was enjoyable for me.

The story itself was also amusing, but definitely not something that would be published today. The roles of women within the story are few and extremely traditional. A princess is seen as a prize to be won by brave male heroes. The book also deals with a large number of racial stereotypes. Although no race is portrayed negatively, each race follows stereotypical norms, and of course Jim Knopf is portrayed in all of the illustrations like a character from a minstrel show, and the fact that he is the lone stubbornly illiterate character is also somewhat disturbing (although I am thinking this might change in the sequel?)

So, I enjoyed reading this book, but I would not recommend it to children. There are so many wonderful newer books out there that don't include these stereotypical depictions, there simply isn't any reason for kids to read this one.

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the books of ende are places to be. neverending story is best as an example. in momo you find the protagonist having a strong imagination like ende has. but these places are always threatend by forces to overcome. jim knopf is on a quest against a dragon in dragoncity. but unlike the original he is not killing the dragon but making it golden. sort of gandhi inspired i quess. this is not the most mature work of ende but the most pure. here i can imagine him telling a story to children not knowing the books of ende are places to be. neverending story is best as an example. in momo you find the protagonist having a strong imagination like ende has. but these places are always threatend by forces to overcome. jim knopf is on a quest against a dragon in dragoncity. but unlike the original he is not killing the dragon but making it golden. sort of gandhi inspired i quess. this is not the most mature work of ende but the most pure. here i can imagine him telling a story to children not knowing where it will go himself. here you have a book like a toy with no schmuck. the books he wrote later in his career were more sophisticated and yes the bad ones have to vanish.

maybe he wrote this one with a special kid on his mind.

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I've got a kiddo that loves trains and so this book has been on our to-read list for a while. I was able to get a copy to read through our library. While I understand sentiment allows folks to not think about how past errors don't need to be accounted for in the present, this book was one of the more difficult ones to adjust on the fly while reading to my kid. There are lots of racist tropes throughout and the strange forced marriage and male-superior theme that even my kid picked up on was pret I've got a kiddo that loves trains and so this book has been on our to-read list for a while. I was able to get a copy to read through our library. While I understand sentiment allows folks to not think about how past errors don't need to be accounted for in the present, this book was one of the more difficult ones to adjust on the fly while reading to my kid. There are lots of racist tropes throughout and the strange forced marriage and male-superior theme that even my kid picked up on was pretty blatant. Is it a charming book, sure. One I would let my kid pick up and read on their own, no way. ...more

Jim knopf & lukas der lokomotivführer

Jim knopf & lukas der lokomotivführer

Jim Knopf und Lukas der Lokomotivführer is a book written in German by Michael Ende for 10-12-year-olds.
The story starts on a small island, Lummerland, ruled by King Alfons. Engine driver- Lukas, with his steam engine Emma, the shopkeeper Frau Waas, and Herr Ärmel live on this tiny island. One day the postman brings to the residents of Lummerland an unusual post- a baby in a basket! No one knows anything about the child, but they decide to take care of it. Lukas names him Jim, and as Jim grows,
Jim Knopf und Lukas der Lokomotivführer is a book written in German by Michael Ende for 10-12-year-olds.
The story starts on a small island, Lummerland, ruled by King Alfons. Engine driver- Lukas, with his steam engine Emma, the shopkeeper Frau Waas, and Herr Ärmel live on this tiny island. One day the postman brings to the residents of Lummerland an unusual post- a baby in a basket! No one knows anything about the child, but they decide to take care of it. Lukas names him Jim, and as Jim grows, he becomes Lukas's best friend and companion. Frau Waas raises him and becomes a mother figure for Jim. When Jim turns 14, the king summons Lukas to his castle and says that Lummerland is too small to house so many people. As a solution, he proposes that Lukas separate from Emma. However, since both Jim and Lukas don't want to separate from Emma, they secretly leave the island at night with Emma.

From here starts a long sea voyage and a series of adventures, where they discover new lands, encounter strange creatures, and even rescue a princess.

Their most significant achievement is capturing Frau Mahlzahn, a dragon that had captured the princess. Frau Mahlzahn would later transform into the Goldenen Drachen der Weisheit(Golden Dragon of Wisdom), who eventually guides them on their adventures in the 2nd book in the series 'Jim Knopf und die Wilde 13'.

The book is full of vivid images which are totally out of the world. Children might find it interesting as it takes them to another world where creatures never seen or heard of exist and the unimaginable is possible. Michael Ende vividly describes the scenes and the adventures and takes the reader on this fantastic journey with Jim and Lukas.

An interesting read indeed.

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Jim knopf & lukas der lokomotivführer

The two books about the adventures of Jim Knopf and his fatherly friend Lukas are perhaps the favorite books of my childhood, and certainly among the ones that have most inspired my life. Jim and Lukas, very different from each other and at the same time so similar, embark on an epic adventure with the big-hearted locomotive Emma. The journey leads them to several fantastic countries, and literally to the 'end of the world'. They make friends with many diverse creatures that at first sight seem The two books about the adventures of Jim Knopf and his fatherly friend Lukas are perhaps the favorite books of my childhood, and certainly among the ones that have most inspired my life. Jim and Lukas, very different from each other and at the same time so similar, embark on an epic adventure with the big-hearted locomotive Emma. The journey leads them to several fantastic countries, and literally to the 'end of the world'. They make friends with many diverse creatures that at first sight seem threatening, but turn out to be lovely, helpful and all of them with their own little sorrows and problems. The books therefore teach us to not judge people based on their physical appearance, but to engage in curiosity and attempt to get to know them closer. Above all we learn that everyone has a weak side and even the seemingly most dangerous creature may be hiding a big heart behind their facade. We learn to be curious, open, and patient.

I was lucky enough to have a father that would read me these stories from very young age until I could read them myself. Perhaps they were even the first books I ever read alone. Jim Knopf was my first hero, who after a difficult start to his life gained the hearts of everyone through courage, a strong sense of justice, and his unbending will to find out the truth.

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Jim knopf & lukas der lokomotivführer

Revisiting this book, one of my childhood favourites, has been an experience and a lovely trip down memory lane. For one thing, I realised why I loved it so much as a child. Growing up in South Africa, during the transition following the Apartheid government, this fantasy novel with a protagonist of colour spoke to me. I love the fantasy genre but I was always bothered by the whiteness of the genre in the English language. Considering Jim Knopf was published in 1960, it was well ahead of it's ti Revisiting this book, one of my childhood favourites, has been an experience and a lovely trip down memory lane. For one thing, I realised why I loved it so much as a child. Growing up in South Africa, during the transition following the Apartheid government, this fantasy novel with a protagonist of colour spoke to me. I love the fantasy genre but I was always bothered by the whiteness of the genre in the English language. Considering Jim Knopf was published in 1960, it was well ahead of it's time and I am grateful to Michael Ende for the awesomeness that is Jim Knopf.

I also love Ende's simple twists that become so fantastical. Locomotives can have babies, appearances aren't what they seem and dragons have dirt baths and are pure evil because their potential, after being defeated, is something immeasurably good. The universe Ende created is easy to slip into and lose oneself in. Even as an adult, I find it enchanting. I look forward to revisiting it once more when my children are old enough.

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Jim knopf & lukas der lokomotivführer

This is a great children's book! Full of adventure and wonder, friendship, a little bit of romance, pirates and dragons, and a train that can double as a ship. Many scenes of this book, which I read so many years ago, still stick with me, like the echo mountains and the cute little society of Lummerland.

The Norwegian translation is interesting because you can tell that it has been translated from German instead of, say, English, in the use of expressions, words, etc.

This is a great children's book! Full of adventure and wonder, friendship, a little bit of romance, pirates and dragons, and a train that can double as a ship. Many scenes of this book, which I read so many years ago, still stick with me, like the echo mountains and the cute little society of Lummerland.

The Norwegian translation is interesting because you can tell that it has been translated from German instead of, say, English, in the use of expressions, words, etc.

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Jim knopf & lukas der lokomotivführer

Children’s books don’t need to be without political content. Michael Ende aimed his first book Jim Button and Luke the Engine Driver at grown-ups as much as children. Over 50 Years after its first publication in German, it’s time to have a closer look at a very political children's story.

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Children’s books don’t need to be without political content. Michael Ende aimed his first book Jim Button and Luke the Engine Driver at grown-ups as much as children. Over 50 Years after its first publication in German, it’s time to have a closer look at a very political children's story.

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Jim knopf & lukas der lokomotivführer

This was one of my favourite storys when I was a kid by far. My mom had to read it to me eight times in a row before I finally learned to read and could read it myself. I rember laughing and crying over that book and its wonderful characters.
My first carneval costums was Jim and one year later Lukas followed, it also was the first book I've ever presented in class.
Last year I had to do a presentation in school about children books and I used this book as a example and remembered, how much I love
This was one of my favourite storys when I was a kid by far. My mom had to read it to me eight times in a row before I finally learned to read and could read it myself. I rember laughing and crying over that book and its wonderful characters.
My first carneval costums was Jim and one year later Lukas followed, it also was the first book I've ever presented in class.
Last year I had to do a presentation in school about children books and I used this book as a example and remembered, how much I loved it as a kid. Now I really want to reread it.
Thank you for getting me into reading, Michael Ende!
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Jim knopf & lukas der lokomotivführer

A wonderful story, for young readers ostensibly, but Ende has, as always, put together the German language masterfully, and painted a picture of a world so vivid in its imagination, so full of surprises, so believable yet so absurd that it's hard to even think about putting down the book for the sheer delight of it all. What blessing that there's a sequel. A wonderful story, for young readers ostensibly, but Ende has, as always, put together the German language masterfully, and painted a picture of a world so vivid in its imagination, so full of surprises, so believable yet so absurd that it's hard to even think about putting down the book for the sheer delight of it all. What blessing that there's a sequel. ...more

Jim knopf & lukas der lokomotivführer

Read this (while translating simultaneously) to my children. Such a fun and yet thoughtful book! A classic.

Jim knopf & lukas der lokomotivführer

My all time prefered childhood book :)

Michael Andreas Helmuth Ende was a German writer of fantasy and children's literature. He was the son of the surrealist painter Edgar Ende.

Ende was one of the most popular and famous German authors of the 20th century, mostly due to the enormous success of his children's books. However, Ende was not strictly a children’s author, as he also wrote books for adults. Ende claimed, "It is for this chil

Michael Andreas Helmuth Ende was a German writer of fantasy and children's literature. He was the son of the surrealist painter Edgar Ende.

Ende was one of the most popular and famous German authors of the 20th century, mostly due to the enormous success of his children's books. However, Ende was not strictly a children’s author, as he also wrote books for adults. Ende claimed, "It is for this child in me, and in all of us, that I tell my stories," and that "[my books are] for any child between 80 and 8 years" (qtd. Senick 95, 97). Ende’s writing could be described as a surreal mixture of reality and fantasy. The reader is often invited to take a more interactive role in the story, and the worlds in his books often mirror our reality, using fantasy to bring light to the problems of an increasingly technological modern society.

Ende was also known as a proponent of economic reform, and claimed to have had the concept of aging money in mind when writing Momo. He was interested in and influenced by anthroposophy.

Die unendliche Geschichte (The Neverending Story) is Ende's best known work. Other books include Momo and Jim Knopf und Lukas der Lokomotivführer (Jim Button and Luke the Engine Driver). Michael Ende's works have been translated into more than 40 languages and sold more than 20 million copies, and have been adapted into motion pictures, stage plays, operas and audio books.

He died in Stuttgart of stomach cancer.

AKA:
Μίχαελ Έντε (Greek)

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