Little Hunterman is the cartoon dog version of a rather shy and risk-averse Parson Russell Terrier called Hunter.

He fears open windows but loves to be outside, dislikes dog food but treasures found leftovers (and croissants), detests changes in his holy routines and rituals but delights in extra rounds if they include rat-chases of any kind.

Little Hunterman has a strong sense of order and how the world around him is supposed to behave. No exceptions — unless he came up with the idea himself.

Setting: Little Hunterman's natural doggie surroundings: mostly asleep at home, on walks along the riverside, on kitchen duty, and on the lookout for wee-mail.

Age Range: 9 to 99

While Little Hunterman has similar day-to-day issues as many little kids, who try to navigate the big world outside, find friends, find ways to eat the "wrong" stuff, etc, some of the associations will only reveal themselves to older and more "experienced" humans.

According to a test group (Little Hunterman has over 20.000 organic fans on Facebook -- which I have been neglecting a bit due to catching Covid), different ages resonate with the book for different reasons.

The optics are the same as the Wimpy Kid books.

Book Lessons: Mostly, to feel good and more confident about themselves.

Little Hunterman hassles with a lot of things (especially with being little and extremely scared of most things), he also has a way to explain things to himself, which is very naive and somewhat funny. He tries to understand what is going on around him despite having very limited information. 9-year-olds will mostly be way ahead of him when it comes to his deductions, which usually makes them feel good. At the same time, Little Hunterman is, like most dogs, incredibly loving. While Flynn, his rubber duck, might have a mean strike, Little Hunterman loves anyone but rats. Even cats!

To notice how you can appreciate someone who is so full of flaws and weaknesses seems to be very empowering to kids.

I also try to point out that humor does not require anyone to get hurt in the process. You don't have to team up and bash someone to have fun.

Check the book out on Amazon today.