One of the best contemporary German writers Uwe Timm (p.) 1940) as early as 1981. He composed a kind, funny and informative story on behalf of the Munich mouse Stefan, who had the opportunity to travel by train and ship, visit Switzerland, France and England, survive many exciting adventures, make new friends and happily return to his beloved family. In 2002. Timm reworked the text, and the book came out with illustrations by the famous artist Axel Scheffler .. In Germany, the “Traveling Mouse” is included in the curriculum of junior classes. Adult Russian readers, this story may remind the adventures of Kuzi's house, and even Homer's Odyssey. Secondary school age .