Johannes the Kindest Crocodile

Name
Johannes Jensen
Client
Cappelen Damm
Genre
sculpture figure
Size
Height: 160 cm
Production year
2009

Johannes Jensen is the main character of a series of children’s books created by Henrik Hovland (text) and Torill Kove (illustrations).

Tiina was commissioned to build a full-sized Johannes Jensen, who succeeded to accompany Mr. Hovland on a series of meet-and-greets with Johannes Jensen the Crocodile fans in various bookshops around the country.

The most recent book in the series was published in Norway in 2019. (See book review on the website of the Norwegian public broadcasting company NRK (in Norwegian only).