A Year with Findus

A Year with Findus: Seasonal Crafts and Nature Activities

Join Pettson and Findus and be inspired by the exciting activities and experiments they get up to throughout the year. Beautifully brought to life by Sven’s ingenious illustrations, this book suggests crafts and activities using what nature has to offer—make bird food and grow seeds; create pretty necklaces and fun toys; build a mini composter; measure the wind and rain; make a beautiful ice lantern.

Learn how you can help animals and plants by collecting, fixing, crafting, building, exploring, and baking. By creatively using things from around the house and garden, anyone can discover how much of what surrounds us every day can be reused and recycled to have more fun outdoors. The activities in this book are fun, climate-friendly, and affordable!

A Year with Fidus is an updated and extended second edition of the popular Findus, Food and Fun. Brimming with Sven Nordqvist’s ingenious illustrations, this is a craft and activity book that will get young people up and active.

About the Author

Sven Nordqvist is a leading Swedish children’s illustrator and writer. 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 in Lund and worked as a lecturer in architecture in the university. Meanwhile, he looked 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, which have won awards in Sweden and Germany. The Findus and Pettson stories draw on his own playful adventures with his two young sons. Nordqvist’s unique illustrations are inspired by his delight in everyday life.