Nikodemus and the Miraculous Mouse

written by Manfred Mai & illustrated by Jochen Stuhrmann

Nikodemus front coverA mouse at the fishmonger, a cat in a roller coaster – in search of the Seven Wonders of the World mouse Luzili and cat Nikodemus discover their neighbourhood. What started as a classical cat-and-mouse game ends in an extraordinary friendship thanks to Luzili’s courage and fantasy!

 Bratislava illustration award 2013 RIGHTS SOLD: Japanese; Simplified chinese.One of the most famous authors of children’s books meets a brilliant illustrator!

Manfred Mai is regarded as one of Germany’s major children’s book authors. After taking a degree in history, politics and German he became a teacher, before devoting himself full-time to writing in 1984. Since then he has published some 150 books, ranging from picture books for very young children through to novels and non-fiction books for older children — some of which have been translated into twenty five different languages.

Jochen Stuhrman studied at the Hamburg University of Applied Sciences illustration. Since graduating in 2004, he worked as a freelance illustrator for magazines and book publishers. He lives with his wife and child in Hamburg.

Hardback / 250 x 235 / 36 pages / Tulipan Verlag