FOREIGN HANSER RIGHTS - Hanser Literaturverlage

FOREIGN
HANSER
RIGHTS
Have you always wanted to know how dogs see the world (and humans!)? In
this book, you can get a personal dog’s perspective from Anton, the Hungarian
sheepdog.
His name is actually Brendon, which better befits his noble ancestry – but they call him
Anton, because it’s apparently easier to shout out. They have acquired one of these horrible
dog whistles – because they imagine he’ll hear them better that way. They even drag him to
pet obedience training – because they think they can only be a proper master and mistress if
he does every stupid thing they demand of him on command. But the cat can do whatever it
likes! Why they ever took her in is beyond any dog’s comprehension.
And anyway: who can make sense of people?! They like to think of themselves as creation’s
crowning glory, but they just don’t know a thing. Not even that cats don’t belong on the
sofa. Dogs, yes. Cats, no. Why then don’t dogs just run away, you may wonder? Because
humans, once you have trained them, can be relied on to feed you, and because luckily they
don’t realise what end of the lead they’re actually on.
Jutta Richter
born in 1955, is a full-time writer and lives (with her dog!) on Castle Westerwinkel in the
Muensterland. Previous publications at Hanser include Der Hund mit dem gelben Herzen
(1998), Der Tag als ich lernte, die Spinnen zu zähmen (2000), which won her the German
Youth Literature Prize, and Hechtsommer (2004), for which she was awarded the Catholic
Children’s Literature Prize.
Hildegard Müller
born in 1957, is a freelance illustrator who divides her time between Mainz and Loquard.
She has illustrated many books for Hanser, including Hanna Johansen’s Ich bin hier bloß
die Katze (2007), to which this book is the follow-up.
Sales to Foreign Countries:
Spain (Lóguez), Latin America (UnaLuna)
Jutta Richter
Ich bin hier bloß der Hund
I’m Just the Dog Around Here
C H I LD RE N’S F I CTI O N
With black-and-white illustrations by Hildegard Müller
124 pages. Hardcover. Format: 12,5 x 20,5
From age 8 and up
Publication date: July 2011