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== Adaptations ==
Both ''Jim Button'' stories were adapted by the [[Augsburger Puppenkiste]],<ref name="fokus-dpa" /> a [[marionette]] theater company that adapted children's stories for television in the 1960s and 70s. Their production of Jim Button, first filmed in the early 1960s in [[black and white]], was so successful, it was remade in the 1970s in color.<ref name="goethe" /> A classic known for its creativity, such as the use of [[plastic wrap]] to simulate moving water, it celebrated its 50th anniversary in 2011 with much fanfare.<ref name="katia">Katia Rathsfeld, [http://www.mittelbayerische.de/nachrichten/oberpfalz-bayern/artikel/geburtstag_in_lummerland_jim_k/688995/geburtstag_in_lummerland_jim_k.html "Geburtstag in Lummerland: Jim Knopf wird 50"] mittelbayerische.de (29 August 2011). Retrieved 4 August 2011 {{in lang|de}}</ref> Its theme song, the "Lummerlandlied" ("Morrowland Song") is immediately recognized<ref name="fokus" /><ref>[http://www.noz.de/lokales/50862246/ein-ort-der-geborgenheit "Ein Ort der Geborgenheit"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120316115341/http://www.noz.de/lokales/50862246/ein-ort-der-geborgenheit |date=16 March 2012 }} ''Neue Osnabrücker Zeitung'' (21 January 2011). Retrieved 3 August 2011 {{in lang|de}}</ref> and in the 1990s, was covered by a German dance music group named ''Dolls United'' and itself became a hit.<ref name="goethe" /><ref group=note>The group, Dolls United, made [[remix]]es from the songs of popular children's programs from earlier decades.</ref> There are two sets of original marionettes for the Jim Button production. One is in the Puppenkiste's museum and the other tours the world.<ref name="katia" />
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