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'''''Jim Button and Luke the Engine Driver''''' ({{langx|de|Jim Knopf und Lukas der Lokomotivführer|italics=yes|link=no}}) is a children's novel written by [[Michael Ende]]. The main characters are Emma the steam locomotive, her [[driver (locomotive)|driver]] Luke ({{lang|de|Lukas}}) and the young accomplice Jim Button ({{lang|de|Jim Knopf}}) who together go on an adventure. The story begins and ends on the small fictional island of '''Morrowland''' ({{lang|de|Lummerland}}).

The book was published in 1960, and received the [[Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis|German Young Literature Prize]] in 1961. It is one of the most successful [[German language]] children's books of the postwar era.<ref name="faz">Julia Voss, [https://archive.today/20130221155527/http://www.faz.net/artikel/C30351/jim-knopf-wird-50-lang-lebe-der-koenig-von-jimballa-30296501.html "Lang lebe der König von Jimballa"]{{Dead link|date=October 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung. Retrieved 31 July 2011 {{in lang|de}}</ref> The success led to thirty-four translations into other languages<ref name="goethe" /> and the sequel ''Jim Button and the {{nowrap|Wild 13}}'' (''{{lang|de|Jim Knopf und die {{nowrap|Wilde 13}}|italics=unset}}'').

Ende did not see his book as a children's book,<ref name="fokus">Martin Wittmann, [http://www.focus.de/kultur/buecher/jim-knopf-wird-50-nazis-raus-aus-lummerland_aid_539421.html "Nazis raus aus Lummerland"] ''Fokus'' magazine (9 August 2010). Retrieved 31 July 2011 {{in lang|de}}</ref> but just wrote it for himself.<ref name="fokus-dpa">[http://www.focus.de/kultur/buecher/jim-knopf-wird-50-auf-der-insel-mit-zwei-bergen_aid_537852.html "Auf der Insel mit zwei Bergen"] ''Fokus'' magazine (4 August 2010). Retrieved 31 July 2011 {{in lang|de}}</ref> Over a dozen publishers had rejected the book prior to publication.<ref name="goethe">{{cite web|url=http://www.goethe.de/kue/lit/slt/en6755922.htm|title=All the Best, Jim Button! The "fine little chap" turns 50|last1=Hütter|first1=Verena|last2=Jonathan|first2=Uhlaner|date=November 2010|publisher=[[Goethe Institut]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121005082852/http://www.goethe.de/kue/lit/slt/en6755922.htm|archive-date=5 October 2012|url-status=dead|access-date=2 August 2019}}</ref>