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De hond, de wolf en de maan
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175 pages, Hardcover
First published September 19, 2024
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December 6, 2024
Heart-warming with beautiful metaphors for the journey of life. Lovely illustrations.
October 2, 2024
This book touches your soul. Anyone who does not get it, does not understand the complexity, pain and love of life
December 28, 2024
Zooooo. Wat een magnifieke tekeningen. Prachtig. Met ook een goed verhaal. Levenslessen op een natuurlijke manier vertelt. Een verademing. Tussen de regels door voor de goede verstaander mooie dingen. Bijvoorbeeld: kies niet persé de weg van de minste weerstand, volg je gevoel. Het is een genot om dit boek te lezen en te herlezen. Voor hoop in donkere dagen.
October 14, 2024
LUISTERRR ik ben geen zweverig type maar I’m a sucker voor deze lieve boeken!! hell yea it’s not about the destination but about the journey!!! hell yea iedereen verdient een fijn leven en eerlijke kansen en iedereen verdient hulp en goede vrienden en steun 🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹 GIVE ME FOURTEEN OF EM
November 8, 2024
A beautiful gem of a book. Hopeful, inspiring, full of soul. A ray of light in these dark days. Will reread many times!
January 6, 2026
Having got lost in a blizzard, puppy dog Amaya seems about to meet her fate when a pack of wolves approaches her. At the last minute, the oldest wolf decides to intervene and saves the little soul. Thus, start the story told in this graphic novel, about the journey taken by the puppy and the old wolf trying to find Amaya's family. The only clue they have is what the little pup's mom always said: in case you are lost, follow the moon.
I am not sure how to categorize (and why should I?), this little touching book. Philosophical, spiritual, whatever, you name it. I can only think it goes with the sense of books like the heartwarming The Boy, the Mole, the Fox, the Horse and the Storm. And when you read the author's autobiographic notes at the end, you understand how Amaya and her wolf friend's story is important. When you have true friends, even if they are far away, you know you are never alone. ❤️💛💚💙
I am not sure how to categorize (and why should I?), this little touching book. Philosophical, spiritual, whatever, you name it. I can only think it goes with the sense of books like the heartwarming The Boy, the Mole, the Fox, the Horse and the Storm. And when you read the author's autobiographic notes at the end, you understand how Amaya and her wolf friend's story is important. When you have true friends, even if they are far away, you know you are never alone. ❤️💛💚💙
November 5, 2024
My favourite book of the year. Very touching. Lots of great metaphors. Really enjoyed it.
January 1, 2025
first book of the year and im bawling
May 10, 2025
4.5 stars
November 30, 2024
Ah bas sam i htjela plakat toliko da ne vidim nista pred sobom 👍👍
“Mi većinu života provodimo putujući, a dolazak na odredište samo je sićušni dio putovanja.”
JAO PREDIVNO I SAVRSENO U SVAKOM SMISLU.
❤️
“Mi većinu života provodimo putujući, a dolazak na odredište samo je sićušni dio putovanja.”
JAO PREDIVNO I SAVRSENO U SVAKOM SMISLU.
❤️
November 24, 2024
“‘Daarom doen we dingen met heel ons hart, zodat als het niet lukt, we tenminste weten dat we het beste van onszelf hebben gegeven.’”
De kleine pup Amaya dwaalt al dagen alleen door het bos, op zoek naar haar ouders die ze tijdens een storm is kwijtgeraakt, als ze wordt gered door een oude, wijze wolf die door zijn roedel is verstoten. Samen besluiten ze de maan te volgen, omdat Amaya’s moeder haar ooit vertelde dat als je met heel je hart de maan volgt, zij je zal brengen waar je moet zijn.
Dit is echt een verhaal in plaats van losse spreuken & fragmenten en aangevuld met prachtige illustraties ga je op weg met de wolf en de hond, geeft de wolf haar lessen en wijsheid mee, ontstaat er een bijzondere band en wordt dit een mooi verhaal over het volgen van je eigen maan, niet opgeven, de ervaringen tijdens je reis die je vormen, mogelijkheden zien in alles wat je overkomt, vriendschap en liefde, vertrouwen en troost, afscheid en verlies, groei en alles wat je hart nooit meer verlaat.
“‘Het is belangrijk om te onthouden dat we soms niet beloond worden, dat onze strijd, ons geduld en ons optimisme voor niets zullen zijn.
Maar de reis zelf - hoe we die hebben ervaren en met wie we die hebben gemaakt - zal altijd bij ons blijven.’”
De kleine pup Amaya dwaalt al dagen alleen door het bos, op zoek naar haar ouders die ze tijdens een storm is kwijtgeraakt, als ze wordt gered door een oude, wijze wolf die door zijn roedel is verstoten. Samen besluiten ze de maan te volgen, omdat Amaya’s moeder haar ooit vertelde dat als je met heel je hart de maan volgt, zij je zal brengen waar je moet zijn.
Dit is echt een verhaal in plaats van losse spreuken & fragmenten en aangevuld met prachtige illustraties ga je op weg met de wolf en de hond, geeft de wolf haar lessen en wijsheid mee, ontstaat er een bijzondere band en wordt dit een mooi verhaal over het volgen van je eigen maan, niet opgeven, de ervaringen tijdens je reis die je vormen, mogelijkheden zien in alles wat je overkomt, vriendschap en liefde, vertrouwen en troost, afscheid en verlies, groei en alles wat je hart nooit meer verlaat.
“‘Het is belangrijk om te onthouden dat we soms niet beloond worden, dat onze strijd, ons geduld en ons optimisme voor niets zullen zijn.
Maar de reis zelf - hoe we die hebben ervaren en met wie we die hebben gemaakt - zal altijd bij ons blijven.’”
October 25, 2024
So much comfort and solace 🤍
October 27, 2025
Tocno tole sem rabla pred odhodom v Spanijo❤️
December 31, 2024
My dad gave me this for Christmas. A story about the journey of life and always following your heart. Featured in the WSJ. Going to have the twins read too. Perfect book before starting the new year.
November 29, 2024
5 Stars!
Another fantastic book by this author. I love the message and especially the art!
Another fantastic book by this author. I love the message and especially the art!
December 26, 2025
تموم شد؟ خیلی تاثیرگذار بود :)))
اعتراف میکنم حتی تاثیرگذار هم نبود و حتی برخلاف بقیه با لبخند نخوندمش (:
کاش کاغذ برای ۱ خط و ۱ جمله با یه نقاشی کوچیک حروم نکنن :))
بسیار تکراری، هم داستان هم محتوا.
در واقع کلا ۴_۵ تا جمله قشنگ داره که احتمالا اسم کتاب رو سرچ کنید توی ریلها و پستهای مردم بتونید همونها رو بخونید.
داستانش هم اینه: یه بچه سگی پدر و مادرش رو گم کرده با یه گرگ پیر همسفر میشه، گرگه میمیره، بچه سگه یه بچه گربه پیدا میکنه و با اون همسفر میشه. 😂
کل پیام: از مسیر لذت ببر و همین چیزهای تکراری همیشگی.
کتاب رو با ترجمه پریسا موسوی از نشر میلکان خوندم، ترجمه اصولی و خوب بود نمیشه ایراد ازش گرفت اما واقعا لحن شخصیتها درنیومده بود و کمی روی مخ بود و مجبور شدم یه جاهایی سری به زبان اصلی بزنم. 🫠
در کل ارزشش رو نداشت. 🥲
اعتراف میکنم حتی تاثیرگذار هم نبود و حتی برخلاف بقیه با لبخند نخوندمش (:
کاش کاغذ برای ۱ خط و ۱ جمله با یه نقاشی کوچیک حروم نکنن :))
بسیار تکراری، هم داستان هم محتوا.
در واقع کلا ۴_۵ تا جمله قشنگ داره که احتمالا اسم کتاب رو سرچ کنید توی ریلها و پستهای مردم بتونید همونها رو بخونید.
داستانش هم اینه: یه بچه سگی پدر و مادرش رو گم کرده با یه گرگ پیر همسفر میشه، گرگه میمیره، بچه سگه یه بچه گربه پیدا میکنه و با اون همسفر میشه. 😂
کل پیام: از مسیر لذت ببر و همین چیزهای تکراری همیشگی.
کتاب رو با ترجمه پریسا موسوی از نشر میلکان خوندم، ترجمه اصولی و خوب بود نمیشه ایراد ازش گرفت اما واقعا لحن شخصیتها درنیومده بود و کمی روی مخ بود و مجبور شدم یه جاهایی سری به زبان اصلی بزنم. 🫠
در کل ارزشش رو نداشت. 🥲
January 6, 2026
Bardzo ładna historia o tym, że cel to tylko pretekst do odbycia pięknej podróży. 🐺🐶
April 28, 2026
ENGLISH VERSION BELOW
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The Dog Who Followed the Moon ist eine leise, sanfte Geschichte, die von ihrer Atmosphäre sowie den wunderschönen Illustrationen lebt. Im Zentrum steht eine einfache, fast märchenhafte Idee: ein junger Hund, der sich auf den Weg macht, seine Familie wiederzufinden und dabei auf einen alten Wolf trifft und mit diesem gemeinsam dem Mond folgt. Daraus entsteht eine ruhige, leicht melancholische Erzählung. Eine Metapher über das Leben.
Die Stärke des Buches liegt in seiner Reduktion. Die Sprache ist zurückhaltend, der Ton fast meditativ. Es geht weniger um Ereignisse als um Stimmungen – Sehnsucht, Hoffnung und dieses leise Gefühl von Staunen.
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The Dog Who Followed the Moon is a quiet, gentle story that draws its strength from its atmosphere and its beautiful illustrations. At its core is a simple, almost fairy-tale-like idea: a young dog sets out to find his family and meets an old wolf along the way, with whom he follows the moon. From this emerges a calm, slightly melancholic narrative—a metaphor for life.
The book’s strength lies in its restraint. The language is subtle, the tone almost meditative. It focuses less on events and more on moods—longing, hope, and that quiet sense of wonder.
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The Dog Who Followed the Moon ist eine leise, sanfte Geschichte, die von ihrer Atmosphäre sowie den wunderschönen Illustrationen lebt. Im Zentrum steht eine einfache, fast märchenhafte Idee: ein junger Hund, der sich auf den Weg macht, seine Familie wiederzufinden und dabei auf einen alten Wolf trifft und mit diesem gemeinsam dem Mond folgt. Daraus entsteht eine ruhige, leicht melancholische Erzählung. Eine Metapher über das Leben.
Die Stärke des Buches liegt in seiner Reduktion. Die Sprache ist zurückhaltend, der Ton fast meditativ. Es geht weniger um Ereignisse als um Stimmungen – Sehnsucht, Hoffnung und dieses leise Gefühl von Staunen.
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The Dog Who Followed the Moon is a quiet, gentle story that draws its strength from its atmosphere and its beautiful illustrations. At its core is a simple, almost fairy-tale-like idea: a young dog sets out to find his family and meets an old wolf along the way, with whom he follows the moon. From this emerges a calm, slightly melancholic narrative—a metaphor for life.
The book’s strength lies in its restraint. The language is subtle, the tone almost meditative. It focuses less on events and more on moods—longing, hope, and that quiet sense of wonder.
April 25, 2025
This was a book that was provided to me and since it is basically a picture book I chose to give it a quick read.
The Dog Who Followed the Moon is a story that explores inspirational themes by inserting its wisdom as the sayings of an old wolf to a young puppy as they start on a journey along the way. Very rarely do other characters appear to drop their own nuggets even if they are oft repeated platitudes.
If I had been younger and more focused on a
the story rather than its message I may have provided this book a higher rating as it is simple to read and understand while having gorgeous artwork.
Unfortunately my state of belief couldn't be suspended though as the story is too unbelievable and doesn't make sense while at the same time easily guessable. Why is there a puppy in the woods and in the wintry mountains where there are no signs of any habitation? Why can't the alpha, experienced in fighting, make the pack accept a new member or if he is so weak why didn't the story end there?
What did they eat the whole time and how did they survive without eating? What kind of ruins just magically keep going on and on in a place with no signs of otherwise human habitation that would save the puppy? And how do you have flooded streets in a wintry environment with a freezing wind ?
Then there is how is there a cat around the place the puppy supposedly remembers staying at that doesn't seemingly know the puppy's family or even enough to re-direct the companions?
Cute and deep in some regards but missing too much story for me to enjoy this book as a whole.
The Dog Who Followed the Moon is a story that explores inspirational themes by inserting its wisdom as the sayings of an old wolf to a young puppy as they start on a journey along the way. Very rarely do other characters appear to drop their own nuggets even if they are oft repeated platitudes.
If I had been younger and more focused on a
the story rather than its message I may have provided this book a higher rating as it is simple to read and understand while having gorgeous artwork.
Unfortunately my state of belief couldn't be suspended though as the story is too unbelievable and doesn't make sense while at the same time easily guessable. Why is there a puppy in the woods and in the wintry mountains where there are no signs of any habitation? Why can't the alpha, experienced in fighting, make the pack accept a new member or if he is so weak why didn't the story end there?
What did they eat the whole time and how did they survive without eating? What kind of ruins just magically keep going on and on in a place with no signs of otherwise human habitation that would save the puppy? And how do you have flooded streets in a wintry environment with a freezing wind ?
Then there is how is there a cat around the place the puppy supposedly remembers staying at that doesn't seemingly know the puppy's family or even enough to re-direct the companions?
Cute and deep in some regards but missing too much story for me to enjoy this book as a whole.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
September 23, 2025
Knihy tohto typu uz na mna posobia predvidatelne a monotonne. To co by pre mna mohlo byt silno emocionalne, sa rychlo vyprazdni, pretoze citam variaciu na stale sa opakujucu situaciu. Kniha je ale kazdopadne velmi pekna pre oko.
January 18, 2025
I read this in 30 minutes this morning while my husband and daughter were still asleep. It’s basically a long picture book. I felt a little embarrassed to have tears streaming down my face when they woke up and found me.
I think a younger me would’ve found this book very corny, but here I am in my 40s weeping over a fictional wolf who helps a fictional puppy search for her lost family. I don’t think it’s equivalent to crying over a sappy commercial, but it’s somewhere in that zone. There is nothing in this story that I hadn’t heard before (the concepts are Buddhist) but this book really hit me. Maybe because I love dogs and our sweet dog died a year and a half ago and we are going to meet a new dog to possibly adopt tomorrow. Also today is my mom’s birthday and I feel very grateful for her. Also in a few days we are going to have a certain president again and it’s very depressing for me as a woman and as a human. This book is a lovely reminder that so much of life is beyond our control, but that is not a reason to despair.
I think a younger me would’ve found this book very corny, but here I am in my 40s weeping over a fictional wolf who helps a fictional puppy search for her lost family. I don’t think it’s equivalent to crying over a sappy commercial, but it’s somewhere in that zone. There is nothing in this story that I hadn’t heard before (the concepts are Buddhist) but this book really hit me. Maybe because I love dogs and our sweet dog died a year and a half ago and we are going to meet a new dog to possibly adopt tomorrow. Also today is my mom’s birthday and I feel very grateful for her. Also in a few days we are going to have a certain president again and it’s very depressing for me as a woman and as a human. This book is a lovely reminder that so much of life is beyond our control, but that is not a reason to despair.
February 2, 2025
بیشتر از این که به داستان توجه کنم تصویرها چشممو گرفتن و واقعا فوقالعاده بودن. توی نمایشگاه خوندم و چیزی میخواستم که خیلی وقتمو نگیره اما با این حال انقدر حجم «مسیر رو در آغوشت بگیر» و عذر میخوام از این گندهگوزیها پشت هر جمله و حرف سادهای بود که از روشون میپریدم که دقیق نخونمشون و عصبی شم. برای کتاب خوندن موقع وقتکشی هم کافی بود هم نبود.
March 31, 2026
به نظرم کتاب خوبی بود. کتاب های دیگه نویسنده رو بیشتر دوست داشتم ولی این هم در نوع خودش کتاب خوبی بود. یه مقدار در رسوندن مفاهیم مد نظرش ضعیف عمل کرده بود ولی اکثر مفاهیمی که میخواست بگه درباره سوگ، کمال گرا نبودن، پذیرش و زندگی در لحظه بود. در کل این نوع کتاب ها برای دمی آرامش گرفتن و خوب شدن حالمون خوبه که بعدش باز دوباره بتونیم به راه و مسیر زندگی مون ادامه بدیم.
February 2, 2025
Beautifully illustrated! This is such a heartwarming story, I loved it.
April 19, 2025
Illustrated beautifully
Symbolically rich
a wonderful weekend morning read
Symbolically rich
a wonderful weekend morning read
July 8, 2025
Nisam planirala plakati i da nisam u javnosti vjerojatno bi...
December 21, 2025
piękna, niesamowicie refleksyjna
Jedna z takich książek, która spotyka człowieka w odpowiednim momencie!
Jedna z takich książek, która spotyka człowieka w odpowiednim momencie!
December 15, 2024
Wat een mooi boek over je hart volgen, in het moment leven, afscheid nemen en vertrouwen hebben. Het stemde me soms verdrietig, maar het gaf ook hoop en richting. Met mooie tekeningen die het verhaal goed ondersteunen
March 18, 2025
With all of the good press received at the end of 2024, I expected so much more from this one. Without a doubt, the mix of spectacular watercolor/pen & ink/sketch illustrations are some of the most impressionistic I have seen in any recent graphic novel (though some of them reminded me of long-forgotten 1970s Roger Dean-created 'Yes' album cover art). The text, on the other hand, read like a mix of New Age-y schmaltz and fortune cookie philosophy. Still, I can see this becoming one of those perennial titles that people give to someone who is going through a rough time in their life. Not for me.
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