Jim Knopf und die Wilde 13 (Jim Button and the Wild 13)

This is the second part to Jim Knopf und Lukas der Lokomotivführer (Jim Button and Luke the Engine Driver), and once again the two heroes go through a lot of adventures with fantastic creatures. And of course, they are once more as thick as thieves! Old and new friends join them on their great journey. This time, they have to bring down a gang of pirates, but that is by far not all – after all, the secret about Jim Button strange arrival in Lummerland is still not solved.
Generations of children grew up with them: Up to this day the adventures of Jim Button and Luke the engine driver have lost none of their unique magic.

Original Edition

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Pages: 256
  • Illustrations: F. J. Tripp
  • Year of publication: 1962
  • Publisher: Thienemann
  • Translations:
    Albanian, Arabic, Catalan, Chinese, Danish, Dutch, French, Greek, Hebrew, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Lithuanian, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Slovenian, Spanish, Thai, Turkish

Current Editions

  • Jim Knopf und die Wilde 13
    Hardcover, 288 pages, black-and-white illustrations by F. J. Tripp, coloured by Mathias Weber, Thienemann 2015.
  • Jim Knopf und die Wilde 13
    Hardcover, 280 pages, black-and-white illustrations by F. J. Tripp, Thienemann 2004.
  • Jim Knopf und die Wilde 13
    E-book, Thienemann 2017.