How to Bake a Sausage Dog

Kirsten Reinhardt is a German writer of children’s books, based in Berlin. How to Bake a Sausage Dog is her first book, and won the Oldenburger prize for children’s literature when it was first published in German. It has since been translated into French, Spanish and Catalan. She has since written two other children’s books and has a picture book is coming up in autumn 2018. David Roberts is an award-winning illustrator from Liverpool. Since 1998 he has collaborated with some of Britain’s finest children’s authors, including Julia Donaldson, Sally Gardner, Philip Ardagh and Jacqueline Wilson to produce stunning children’s books. He is also the creator of the popular Dirty Bertie books. He has been shortlisted for the Kate Greenaway Medal and was the winner of the Nestlé Children’s Book Prize Gold Award.

`Eccentricity and zaniness abound, with more than a suggestion of the sinister … this novel sparkles with wit and inventiveness.’ – The Irish Times, `A wonderfully surreal story that successfully mixes humour with the slightly gruesome to create an imaginative romp that carries the reader along’ – Books For Keeps