×
Findus and Pettson
Series
Keeping up with Findus
Hardback
December 2019
9781912480142
More details
- Publisher
Hawthorn Press - Published
17th December 2019 - ISBN 9781912480142
- Language English
- Pages 28 pp.
- Size 8.25" x 10.25"
$17.95
Findus, the talking cat, challenges Pettson to join him as he runs, jumps, and clambers around the farm. Pettson tries to keep up, with comical results. However, there is one thing that he is very good at!
This brightly illustrated book is aimed at readers from 2 to 6 years, but will be enjoyed by anyone.
The Findus series follows the adventures and misdemeanors of the mischievous Findus the Cat and Farmer Pettson, along with their muckle friends. As they plant, forage, fish, discover, and generally get up to all sorts of mayhem, we can explore the ups and downs of friendship, as well as the fights and forgiveness with them.
Alongside the vibrant storylines the Findus books approach personal and social issues that the characters learn to overcome with humor and playfulness.
Sven Nordqvist
Sven Nordqvist (b. April 30, 1946) is a Swedish writer and illustrator of children's books and is known best for his series Pettson and Findus, about old farmer Pettson and Findus, his talented cat. Nordqvist was born in Helsingborg and grew up in Halmstad, Sweden. He originally wanted to be an illustrator but was rejected by several art schools, so he studied architecture at Lund Institute of Technology and worked for a while there, lecturing on architecture. Meanwhile, he continued to look for work as an illustrator of advertisements, posters, and picture books. In 1983, he won first prize in a children's book competition and since then has worked exclusively as an author and illustrator of children's books. During his career, Nordqvist has received awards in Sweden and Germany. His Pettson and Findus books are especially popular in Germany, where the characters are known as Pettersson and Findus. In Danish they are named Peddersen and Findus. In Finnish they are Pesonen and Viiru, and in a few English translations, Festus and Mercury. In 2007, Sven Nordqvist won the Augustpriset literary award in the children's books category, for his book Var är min syster? (Where is my sister?). In 1992, he won the Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis (German Youth Literature Prize). He is married and has two adult sons.
