White Ravens’99/Norway/77196
Ambjørnsen, Ingvar (text) 
 Dybvig, Per (illus.)
 Arven etter Onkel Rin-Tin-Tei
 (Oncle Rin-Tin-Tin’s legacy)
 Oslo: J. W. Cappelens Forlag, 1998. 92pp
 ISBN 82-02-18226-3
 Poverty - Inheritance - Guesthouse
 A dog and a cat live in abject poverty, barely surviving, in a diplapidated house. Then the dog inherits a
 guesthouse that is in even worse condition. This is the story about what happens when they renovate the
 house and begin to take in guests. But it is not the simple story that makes the book interesting, 
 but rather the ironic, funny style of narration that adults will also enjoy reading aloud. Most unusual are the
 high-quality illustrations: black-and-white drawings full of anarchic unrest and confusion, modern sassy
 animal caricatures lacking any sugariness, that will not please an old spinster, but surely any child. (8+)

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