Findus's Crafts

Authors: Eva-Lena Larsson and Kennerth Danielsson
Illustrator: Sven Nurdqvist
Translator: Maria Lyudkovskaya
Series: Pettson and Findus

Publisher: The White Crow / Albus Corvus
Age: 6–9
ISBN: 978‑5-906640‑26‑0
Pages: 56
Cover: Hardcover
Size: 212 × 292 mm
Weight: 0.405

Instructions on how to make simple, fun, and interesting things together with children. From a birdhouse and automatic bird feeder to the simplest dishes. All the crafts are tied to a particular month, so there are no difficulties in choosing materials. Together with your favorite characters, you will learn to make animal figures from pinecones, transplant plants and sprout seeds, make necklaces from peas and beans, bake a delicious redcurrant pie, build a house from popsicle sticks, and even raise tadpoles!

In short:

- Descriptions of all kinds of crafts that can be made at home.

- Your own crafts for each month.

- Pom-poms, onion skin dye, a birdhouse, chocolate leaves — about sixty crafts in total.

- No special tools are required.

For whom

For reading and doing together with children aged 5 and up.

About the series:

The book series about old man Pettson and his cat friend Findus, who live in the countryside, was created by Swedish artist Sven Nurdqvist in 1984. Since then, these characters have become known all over the world: the books have been translated into many languages.

The books about Pettson and Findus have become a new children's classic. Plays, computer games, apps, coloring books, calendars, and gift sets have been made based on them. Several generations of children in Sweden and Russia have grown up reading them.

Critic's review:

I fell in love with Nurdqvist precisely because of his illustrations, funny and touching. They take you straight back to your own childhood: remember what it was like to lie in the grass and imagine yourself a little person living in a grassy forest? All the leaves, bugs, and ants turn out to be your size, and so much is revealed in this tiny world! That is exactly what happens when you look at Nurdqvist's illustrations — each page presents such a little world. In addition to the main characters, who are very distinctive, literally every little bug and every flower has its own life and character as well. Ekaterina Golubeva. "Papmam book"

About the author:

Sven Nurdqvist was born in Helsingborg. By the age of fifteen, he knew he would be an artist. Therefore, while studying to be an architect, he also attended art and drawing courses. At first, Sven Nurdqvist created illustrations for school textbooks. And from textbooks, it was not far to children's books. Nurdqvist's works have been featured in many international exhibitions.