Tomte Tummetott

Full of love and poetry: Astrid Lindgren's Winter's Tale.
With pictures by Kitty Crowther
Translated from Swedish by Silke von Hacht
For children ages 4 and up.

32 pages fully illustrated in color. Hardcover. Large format 22 x 29 cm.

When the stars sparkle in the sky and the snow shines white, the elf Tomte Tummetott sneaks silently through the moonlight. He watches over the sleeping people and animals on the farm and quietly tells them of the spring that will soon arrive.

Astrid Lindgren's Christmas classic has been brilliantly re-illustrated by Kitty Crowther, winner of the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award (ALMA), the world's most prestigious award for children's literature. The story is characterized by a reverence for all living things and conveys a sense of security to children. High-quality binding with a cloth spine.

Astrid Lindgren's great picture book classics from Oetinger Publishers connect generations!

For more than 60 years, young and old have listened spellbound to the adventures of Pippi Longstocking, Lotta from Noisy Street, Emil from Lönneberga, and the rest. These beautiful picture books delight young readers with their warm-hearted charm, stimulate their imagination, and make reading aloud an unforgettable experience!
Viewing together encourages commentary and retelling. In this way, picture books promote the recognition of colors, shapes, and objects, train memory, and accelerate language development.
Whether read-aloud books with original illustrations or with illustrations in a modern style, the expressive images encourage children to pick up the book on their own to experience Astrid Lindgren's famous stories again and again. Oetinger's timeless children's book classics enrich daily reading time in daycare centers and with families.

Astrid Lindgren (1907–2002), born in Småland (southern Sweden), created unforgettable characters such as Pippi Longstocking, Emil of Lönneberga, and Ronja the Robber's Daughter. The children's book author was awarded the Peace Prize of the German Book Trade and the Alternative Nobel Prize, among others.

Kitty Crowther , born in Brussels in 1970 to an English father and a Swedish mother, studied graphic design and has been publishing picture books with her own and other people's stories since 1994. "Kitty Crowther, adept at both text and illustration, combines the best of both genres," enthused Die Zeit. In 2010, the artist was awarded the world's most highly endowed cultural prize, the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award (ALMA). And now, "one of the greats in the picture book world" (Die Zeit), she is reinterpreting the beloved Christmas story "Tomte Tummetott" by Astrid Lindgren, the most wonderful children's author of all time, in her own way.

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