The Tomten: From a Poem by Karl-Erik Forsslund - Hardcover

Astrid Lindgren

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0863151531 ISBN 13: 9780863151538

Publisher: Floris Books, 1992

Synopsis

This classic children’s picture book is an introduction to the fabled Swedish gnome, the Tomten. He is the one who looks after everything while the farmer and his family are sleeping. At night, when all is quiet around the farm―that’s when the Tomten wakes up. (Ages 5–8)

About this title

About the Author:

Marit Törnqvist was born in 1964 in Uppsala, Sweden, and studied illustration at the Gerrit Rietveld Academie in Amsterdam. She divides her time between the Netherlands and Sweden. In 2011, she was awarded a Golden Plaque from the Biennial of Illustration Bratislava, one of the most prestigious children's illustration awards. She has illustrated several of Astrid Lindgren's picture books, including A Calf for Christmas, Goran's Great Escape, and In the Land of Twilight, all published by Floris Books.

Review:

'Astrid Lindgren writes evocatively of long cold winters and the benevolent guardianship of the Tomten. A lovely, feelgood picture book with traditionally styled illustrations that show the Tomten as a genial gnome-like figure. Delightful! Families Rating: 5 out of 6' -- Families South West magazine 'It would be hard to find a nicer bedtime story. Beautifully painted, quiet moonlit scenes and poetic words tell of the Tomten, a small elf-like person who lives on a farm. It is a beautiful cosy tale of winter bedtimes, very comforting and definitely one of our favourites.' -- Hilary Woolf with Isaac (age 4), Education Otherwise, October 2004

About this edition

• Publisher: Floris Books
• Publication date: 1992
• ISBN 10: 0863151531
• ISBN 13: 9780863151538
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 32
• Illustrator: Harald Wiberg