The dog Nino didn't have

A warm story about an imaginary pet-friend.

- Winner Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis 2016
- Popular picture book: awarded and reprinted many times

Rights sold: Danish, Chinese (simple), English (world), French, German, Portuguese (Brazil & Portugal), Spanish, Korean, Russian, Ukrainian, Turkish, Macedonian, Slovenian

Nino has a dog that he doesn’t have. When he goes to the forest, the little dog he doesn’t have mimics a squirrel. When he goes to the lake, the little dog jumps fearlessly into the deep. But sometimes the little dog acts so silly, that people start to notice it. One day Nino gets a real little dog ...

Reviews:
'We are awarding an illustrator who has a very distinctive voice. Van Hertbruggen makes real what is not real, makes a picture book for children with mature color and setting choices, makes visible what are invisible feelings, makes beautiful what is actually hard and lonely. In one word: wonderful!' (Boekenpauw Jury report, March 2014)