Tatu and Patu Take It Outside

By Aino Havukainen & Sami Toivonen

A manual of odd outdoor fun from Oddsville’s wildest duo! This book is for all those who have nothing to do, as well as for those who have forgot the noble art of play.

What could you do outside on the playground? Whatever imaginable according to Tatu and Patu! The Oddville boys are sure to give the reader the most thorough – and strangest – instructions on different activities. Learn how to build a sandcastle or snowman or, better yet, to climb a tree with no hands! You will also see how to build a shed and how to properly splash in puddles, for example. 

This book amuses both children and adults with Tatu and Patu’s insightful tips – a work that’s sure to inspire even the biggest bookworms to race outdoors to play!
 

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About the author

Aino Havukainen & Sami Toivonen work together as children’s authors, illustrators, and graphic designers. For the young Finnish readers they are best known as the creators of the hilarious Oddville boys, Tatu and Patu, whose limitless imagination we can admire already in 23 titles to date. The riotous humour of these hugely popular illustrated books appeals to children and adults alike. Tatu and Patu: This is Finland won the Finlandia Junior prize in 2007, and in 2017 the authors were granted the Finland State Prize for Children’s Culture. In Finland Tatu and Patu books have sold over 1.3 million copies and the translation rights have been sold in 31 languages. Aino Havukainen was born in 1968. She graduated as a graphic designer from Lahti Institute of Design in 1992 and has worked as multimedia designer and as an AD in an advertising agency until the beginning of her free lance career in 1996.Sami Toivonen was born in 1971. He graduated also as a graphic designer from Lahti Institute of Design in 1994 and has worked free lance since 1996. He was awarded in 1989 with the Finnish Critics’ Association’s award “Boost for Criticism” for his comic strips, given annually to a young artist for a fresh artistic breakthrough.