Everyone knows Frederick the mouse, who prefers to collect sunrays, colours and words for the winter than nuts, wheat and straw. Frederick shows how important it is to have dreams and hope. And this is also shown by his mouse friends and their stories, which are collected in this volume for the first time in this comprehensive way. They tell of fantasy and art, the power of friendship and courage.7 picture books of the famous artist meet here: Frederick, Alexander and the wind-up mouse, The mouse with the green tail, Geraldine and the mouse flute, Nicolas, where have you been, Tillie and the wall, Matthias and his dream.