
Sven Nordqvist is a leading Swedish children’s illustrator and writer. Sven Nordqvist’s other book, Pancakes for Findus, was the London Sunday Times “Children’s Book of the Week” in December 2007.

(Children aged 4 and up and early years educators) Every picture tells a story, with a fascinating, magical world of tiny creatures. Findus and Pettson live in a red farmhouse, with a hen house, workshop, and tool shed set among the forests, fields, and meadows of rural Sweden. So here is the story of when Findus was little and disappeared.

“Oh then … But you’ve heard the story so often before.”

“Tell me about when I disappeared,” said Findus. Farmer Pettson sat doing the crossword, with Findus the cat on his knee.
