Wag!

Wag! Synopsis

Gita didn't want a dry and didactic account of the inner lives of dogs. There was so much more to life with a dog - love and companionship, but also energy, play and chaos. To come up with something light and jolly, she thought of Christiane Pieper, an old illustrator friend.

Christiane had grown up on a farm in Germany, surrounded by dogs. She loved drawing animals, and had a great sense of humour. Together, they came up with a story about a girl called Nina and her dog Max, made up of short comic strips.

Each of these hilarious scenes was built around moods and feelings they thought important. Going into this in more detail would take away from the lightness of the book, so they brought it in as an afterword for the curious reader - who could then return to the scenes in the book with a more nuanced understanding of what was happening.