Поделки Финдуса

Pettson och Findus #9

by Sven Nordqvist, Свен Нурдквист

Чем заняться темными зимними вечерами? Как весело и интересно провести летние каникулы? Ответить на эти вопросы помогут захватывающие рецепты от скуки, придуманные любимыми героями детей и родителей. Петсон и Финдус научат мастерить животных из шишек, пересаживать растения и проращивать семена, делать бусы из гороха с фасолью, печь вкусный пирог с красной смородиной, строить домик из палочек для мороженого и даже разводить головастиков! Всё, описанное в этой книге, можно сделать дома: для экспериментов и поделок не потребуется никаких особых затрат. Кроме того, Петсон преподаст читателям маленькие уроки волшебства: как превращать белые тюльпаны в синие, ореховые скорлупки в колеса для машины и т.д.

Genres: Childrens, Swedish Literature, Picture Books, Fiction

64 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1998

About the author

Sven Nordqvist (born 30 April 1946) is a Swedish writer and illustrator of children's books. He is best known for his series Pettson and Findus, about an old farmer, Pettson, and his talented cat, Findus.

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. Instead he studied architecture at Lund Institute of Technology, and worked for a time there as a lecturer in architecture. At the same time he continued to look for work as an illustrator working on 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.

He is married and has two grown sons.

During his career, he has been given awards in both 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 called Peddersen and Findus. In Finnish they are called Pesonen and Viiru. And in English, Festus and Mercury, though English translations of the books exist with the original names kept.

In 2007 he won the literary award Augustpriset in the children's books category, for his book Var är min syster? ("Where is my sister?"). In 1992 he won the Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis

Reviews

[Caren · Rating 5 out of 5]

I love, love, love (may I say that again? LOVE) Findus and Pettson, and it is a love I share with my grandson. He is far away in California now, but my daughter tells me these are the books he chooses when it's time for a picture book at bedtime. The author/illustrator is Swedish and his stories of an old man and his cat are full of detailed illustrations with quirky little characters. You have to look closely at each page because there is all sorts of activity going on alongside the main characters. I am always watching for another of Nordqvist's books to have been translated and available in English. This particular book is not a story book, but would be considered a companion to the other books. Here, Findus the cat (who usually behaves just as a young child would) proceeds through the months of the year (a year of Nordic seasons, which will no longer be applicable to my grandson, I'm afraid) finding seasonal things to do and make. He observes nature at each season and the things he makes are usually made with things found in nature. Many of the creations I don't think you are really going to make (as in January, for example, a porridge stirrer made from the top of your old Christmas tree), but it is fun to see what Findus does with them. In April, Findus finds tadpoles (or, "frogspawn")and collects some in a jar. There follow instructions on just how to do this in a respectful way, how to care for them, and when to let them go again. The "craft" for April then, which Pettson helps Findus make, is a sort of scoop for collecting the tadpoles. If you make the scoop, you can use it to observe and then release other bits of pond life, which is what Findus does. What else does Findus do in April? He plants an herb garden, starting the seedlings in planters. It is lots of fun to look at the detailed pictures of Findus and Pettson going about their business even if you never make any of their creations. Following the April herb garden, in May Pettson's hens play a game of scent memory in which they put snippets of different herbs in jars, close their eyes, and try to guess which herb they are smelling. There is a charming illustration of a group of hens clustered about jars of herbs, some with their beaks/noses in jars, others gesturing and chatting. The pictures just make me smile. What a wonderful, whimsical book (and , as the best children's books are, just as entertaining for grown-ups).

[Emma L.B. · Rating 5 out of 5]

Childhood! I love this book. This book makes me want to create and explore. It wakes up the kid in me who is screaming to go out into the nature and explore.

It’s so cute! Sven really goes all out on the illustrations, and at the same time they’re so accurate and lifelike when they need to be.

The small jokes everywhere, the information about leaves, insects and weather, the short stories with Findus, Pettson and the others. I love it all. This book makes me so warm and happy, and it makes me smile time and time again, even since before I could read.

[Malkhaz Shonia · Rating 5 out of 5]

"Поделки Финдуса" - любимая книжка Луки

[Pavlov Mihai · Rating 5 out of 5]

Imi place forte mult pentru ca ne arata ce a facut Findus in copilarie
O recomand👍

[Molly Polly · Rating 5 out of 5]

Mega süße sachen!

[Jeannette · Rating 4 out of 5]

I love all the Findus books.