White Ravens’99/Bosnia-Herzegovina/69498
Dubocanin, Alija Hasagic (text) 
 Ibrahimpašic, Mirza (illus.)
 Pas pismonoša
 (The postdog)
 Sarajevo: Sarajevo-Publishing, 1998. 23pp
 ISBN 9958-21-057-6
 (Lastavica ; Slikovnice , 1)
 Sarajevo/Civil war 1992-1995 - Everyday life - Dog - Postman
 This picture book with almost fotorealistic illustrations depicts the horrors of war as experienced by Dina,
 a young girl in Sarajevo, a city engulfed in fear, loneliness, black-outs and grenade attacks. One night
 something scratches at the door. It is Jenny, the dog of Dina’s aunt carrying a letter. Even though it
 contains not only good news, it brightens up the lives of Dina and her mother. But Jenny was injured on
 the way to Dina’s house and finally dies from its wounds. In her nightmares, Dina often re-lives Jenny’s
 journey through the war-torn night. This is the start of a new picture book series by the successor of the
 renowned Bosnian publishing house Veselin Masleša. (6+)

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