Trubloff the mouse lives with his family in the village inn but dreams of becoming the greatest balalaika player in the whole country and one night he runs away with a band of gypsies who promise to teach him to play. Trubloff's poor family are overcome with worry but in the end it is Trubloff's gift for music which saves them from an awful fate.
- ISBN10 0099414287
- ISBN13 9780099414285
- Publish Date 1 June 2001 (first published 17 September 1964)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 20 December 2023
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher Penguin Random House Children's UK
- Imprint Red Fox
- Format Paperback
- Pages 32
- Language English