Rights & Brands Catalogue for Kids - Autumn 2017 by Rights & Brands

RIGHTS CATALOGUE CHILDREN'S & YOUNG ADULT AUTUMN 2017

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Tove Jansson

Work and Love Tove Jansson (1914-2001), Finnish-Swedish writer and artist, achieved worldwide fame as the creator of the Moomins, written and illustrated between 1945 and 1970. The books about the brave, adventurous, yet family focused and home-loving Moomins have been translated into more than 50 languages and are still in print all over the world today. The Moomins were only a part of Jansson’s prodigious output. Already admired in Nordic art circles as a painter, cartoonist and illustrator, she would go on to write a series of classic novels and short stories. She remains Scandinavia’s best loved author. Tove Jansson’s work reflected the tenets of her life: her love of family, of nature, and her insistence on freedom to pursue her art. “Work and love” was the motto she chose for herself and her approach to both was joyful and uncompromising.

Moomin Novels | Tove Jansson

Tove Jansson wrote and illustrated nine novels, four picture books and hundreds of comic strips about the Moomins.

The Moomins and the Great Flood (Småtrollen och den stora översvämningen) PAGES: 64 FIRST PUBLISHED IN: 1945 The story about Moominmamma’s and Moomintroll’s search for the missing Moominpappa and how they found their way to the Moominvalley.

Comet in Moominland (Kometjakten/Kometen kommer) PAGES: 172 FIRST PUBLISHED IN:

1946/1968 Often regarded as the first Moomin novel in the series, as it is set in Moominvalley and introduces several of the main characters, like Snufkin and Snorkmaiden.

Finn Family Moomintroll

The Exploits of Moominpappa

(Trollkarlens hatt) PAGES: 164

(Muminpappans bravader/ Mumminpappans memoarer) PAGES: 156

FIRST PUBLISHED IN: 1948

FIRST PUBLISHED IN:

When Moomin, Sniff and Snufkin discover a Magician’s hat on a mountain top, the strangest things start to happen in Moominvalley…

1950/1968 Moominpappa has lived an amazing life and this is autobiograhy, as told by himself to his son Moomintroll and to Moomintroll’s friends Sniff and Snufkin.

Moominsummer Madness (Farlig midsommar) PAGES: 144 FIRST PUBLISHED IN: 1954

The main theme of Moominsummer Madness is that of theatre, described as an infuriating but ultimately rewarding process.

Tove Jansson | Moomin Novels

Moominland Midwinter

Tales from Moominvalley

Moominpappa at Sea

(Trollvinter) PAGES: 144

(Det osynliga barnet) PAGES: 168

(Pappan och havet) PAGES: 228

FIRST PUBLISHED IN: 1957

FIRST PUBLISHED IN: 1962

FIRST PUBLISHED IN: 1965

Moomintroll is lonely, miserable, angry and scared – the result of being forced to survive in a world to which he feels he does not belong. While preserving the charm of the previous novels, this story involves a more in-depth exploration of Moom introll’s character.

A collection of nine short stories about the successes and challenges of the citizens of Moominvalley. Readers will discover how the Moomin family save young Ninny from permanent invisibility, and what happens when Moomintroll catches the last dragon in the world.

On the initative of the adventurous Moominpappa, the family is off to live in a lighthouse on a tiny island, because even the home-loving Moomins need a change of scenery sometimes.

Moominvalley in November (Sent i november) PAGES: 205 FIRST PUBLISHED IN:1970

As autumn is turning into winter, a group of visitors are waiting to see the Moomin family. Finding that the Moomins are not at home, the guests settle down to wait for them and suddenly find new ways to relate to each other. For Moominvalley is Moominvalley still, even without the Moomins in it.

Moomin Picture books | Tove Jansson

The Book about Moomin, Mymble and Little My (Hur gick det sen?) PAGES: 24

Who Will Comfort Toffle? (Vem ska trรถsta Knyttet?) PAGES: 27 FIRST PUBLISHED IN: 1960

FIRST PUBLISHED IN: 1952

The Book about Moomin, Mymble and Little My was the first Moomin picture book by Tove Jansson. Moomintroll is taking milk back home to Moominmamma, when he meets Mymble who is searching for her missing sister, Little My. Together the pair go looking for her.

Toffle is lonely. He runs away from home, watching the characters of Moominvalley celebrate and enjoy life. Too shy to speak to anyone, he is sad. Despite his insecurities, Toffle finally finds the courage to overcome his fears and save another frightened creature, the mesmerizing Miffle.

The Dangerous Journey

An Unwanted Guest

(Den farliga resan) PAGES: 28

(Skurken i Muminhuset) PAGES: 32 FIRST PUBLISHED IN: 1980

FIRST PUBLISHED IN: 1970.

The Dangerous Journey tells the story of the nightmarish adventures of Susanna, the Hemulen, Sniff, Sorry-Oo and Thingummy & Bob as they travel through Moominvalley after Susanna lost her glasses.

Instead of drawings by Tove Jansson, this book is illustrated with photos taken by her brother, photographer Per Olov Jansson. The photos show the rooms and inhabitants of the Moomin House model, now on display in the Moomin museum in Tampere, Finland.

Tove Jansson | Moomin Comics

Moomin Collected Comics vol 1-10

Moomin Color Comics The fantastic comic adventures of the Moomins are now available as single story, color comic books. 14 titles available now, and more to come! 14 titles PAGES: 48-64

Moomin Color Comics Moomins on the Riviera Moomin and the Martians Moomin’s Desert Island Moomin and the Golden Tail Moomin and the Comet Moomin Builds a House Moomin and the Sea Moomin Falls in Love Moomin’s Winter Follies Moominvalley Turns Jungle Club Life in Moominvalley Moomin and Family Life Moominmamma’s Maid Moomin begins a New Life

The Moomin comics were originally created by Tove Jansson and her brother Lars Jansson for the Evening News in London, at the time the world’s biggest newspaper. The comic was commissioned in the 50’s and the creative siblings produced the daily adventures for over 20 years. The comics were syndicated to 120 newspapers in over 40 countries, reaching more than 20 million readers daily. The comics are now being collected and published in chronological order and once again attaining worldwide success. 10 volumes collected comics in b/w PAGES:approx 106 per volume

Moomin Deluxe Anniversary Edition PAGES: 448 Collected comics box with sketch material and poster.

The History of Moomin 1949 The first Moomin

television series, a German puppet animation.

play, Moomin and the Comet, premieres.

1950 The third book, The Exploits of Moominpappa.

1950s The Moomin novels

1951 The first edition in the US, The Happy Moomins (Trollkarlens Hatt).

19 4 3

19 0s

3 Jansson draws the first version of a Moomintroll on the wall of the outhouse.

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0 1952 The first

picture book, The Book about Moomin, Mymble and Little My.

booklet The Moomins and the Great Flood is published.

1954 The fourth

1947 The first

Moomin comic, Moomintroll and the End of the World.

1948 The second book:

Finn Family Moomintroll. 8

1958 The the-

atre play “Troll i kulisserna” (Moomins on Stage) premieres.

book, Moominsummer Madness.

54 19

6 19 1960 The second picture book, Who Will Comfort Toffle? 1962 The sixth book, Tales from Moominvalley. 1965 The seventh book,

1954 London’s Evening

Moominpappa at Sea.

News commissions and publishes the Moomin comic strip.

195 4

book about the Moomins, Comet in Moominland is published.

First Moomin licensed products; ceramics by Arabia and handmade Moomin dolls by Ateljé Fauni.

book, Moominland Midwinter.

1945 The

1946 The first

1960 Tove’s brother Lars Jansson takes over the Moomin comic production.

1957 The fifth

1940s Tove uses a Moominlike character as a re-occurring signature in the magazine Garm.

Mid-1950s

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1930s Tove

are translated and published in Finnish.

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August 9, 1914.

1969 Moomin becomes a

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1914 Tove Jansson is born on

1970

1959 The first Moomin

Swedish TV celebrity with the series Mumintrollen (The Moomins).

1970 The eight book, Moo minvalley in November

1974 The first Moomin opera.

2015 Junibacken opens

1979 1977 The third picture book, The Dangerous Journey.

2001 Tove Jansson dies.

a major Moomin exhibition and play area in Stockholm.

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2010 Film: Moomin

and the Comet Chase, with music by Björk.

2013 Official launch of

2015 Moomin

Moomin.com

Ballet, Finnish National Ballet

198

2014 Tove 100 is cele-

brated around the world, the centenary of Tove Jansson’s birth.

2016 Adven-

An Unwanted Guest.

tures in Moominland, an interactive Moomin exhibition opens at Southbank Centre, London.

1990 Arabia re-launches

the Moomin mugs.

1992 Japanese animated feature film: Moomin and the Comet.

1993 Moominworld opens in

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1990 The Japanese Moomin animation, 104 episodes, is produced.

2015

Moomins on the Riviera.

Park in Japan.

Moomin 70 jubilee, 70 years since the first Moomin book.

20 2014 Animated feature film: 11

1980 The forth picture book,

2019 New Moomin Theme

201o

2019 New TV animation, "Moominvalley", launching. First season: 13 episodes × 22 minutes.

Moomin house tours Europe.

2011 Launch of the first Moomin shop in London.

1979 The

Naantali, Finland.

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The History of Moomin

2017 Re-opening of the Tove Jansson Museum at Tampere Hall, Finland. 2017 Mumin-kaffe, a new chain of Moomin cafés, opening all over Scandinavia. 9

Gift Books | Moomin Moomin Baby Book (Muumi vauvakirja) PAGES: 64 FIRST PUBLISHED IN:

September 2017 A fill-in book for baby’s first year, with original illustrations by Tove Jansson.

Moomin

Little My

(Muumipeikko) PAGES: 48

(Pikku Myy) PAGES: 48

FIRST PUBLISHED IN:

October 2017

Moomin Wisdom Series - updated A series of small gift books with quotes, story extracts and original artwork by Tove Jansson. This is an updated version of the previous series with the same name, with additional characters planned for future publishing.

Planned titles Moominmamma Snufkin Moominpappa Hattifatteners Snorkmaiden Sniff

Moomin Picture Dictionary PAGES: 12 FIRST PUBLISHED IN: 2017

Mymble The Groke Stinky … and more!

A lovely picture dictionary for the youngest Moomin fans. What will you find in the kitchen, on the beach, or in the Moomin house? Look at the pictures and learn the words. 10

Moomin | Advent Calendar Titles included: Who gets the Flower? Moomin's Alphabet Trail Moomin's Colourful Day Moomin's First Winter Moomin gets Lost Surprise in the Garden, Moominpappa! Moomin's Sea Adventures Moomin's Flight Adventure What's the Matter, Sniff? Snufkin's Message Who Finds the Paper? Moomin and the Opal Charm Moomintroll Sails

Mini book advent calendar Advent calendar containing 24 Moomin mini books.

You are so Fine, Snorkmaiden! Moomin's Forest Adventure Moomin Plays with Numbers Who Mixed Up the Gifts? Where's the Cat, Moominmamma? Moomin's Winter Secret Who Plays with String? Moomintroll Paints Moomintroll Helps Mooomintroll's Snow Castle Moominpappa's Gift

Board books | Moomin

Who Mixed up the Gifts?

Who Finds the Paper?

What’s the Matter, Sniff?

(Kuka sekoitti paketit?) PAGES: 14

(Kuka löytää paperit?) PAGES: 14

(Mikä hätänä, Nipsu?) PAGES: 14

Who Plays with String?

Who gets the Flowers?

(Kuka leikkii langalla) PAGES: 14

(Kuka saa kukan?) PAGES: 14

My First Moomin Library

Where is the Cat, Moominmamma?

You are so Fine, Snorkmaiden!

(Missä kissa, Muumimamma?) PAGES: 14

(Oletpa hienona, Niiskuneiti!) PAGES: 14

Moominvalley for babies! Four board books in pretty box packaging. The books contain images only. 4 board books PAGES: 12 per book Packaging optional

Surprise in the Garden, Moominpappa! (Yllätys kasvimaalla, Muumipappa!) PAGES: 14

Moomin | Lift the Flap

Moomintroll Sails

Moomintroll Helps

Moomintroll Gets Lost

(Muumipeikko Seilaa) PAGES: 28

(Muumipeikko Auttaa) PAGES: 28

(Muumipeikko Eksyy) PAGES: 28

Moomintroll Wakes Up

Moomintroll Flies

Moomintroll’s Surprise

(Muumipeikko Herää) PAGES: 28

(Muumipeikko Lentää) PAGES: 28

(Muumipeikko Yllätää) PAGES: 28

Moomin and the Lost Belongings (Muumilaakson Kadonneet Tavarat) PAGES: 18

Story Books | Moomin Little My story books Moominvalley Detectives Moomintroll and Sniff form the perfect agency to solve the mysteries of Moominvalley.

The Jam Jar Mystery

The Stamp Mystery

Pirates in Moominvalley

Wild Guests

(Hillopurkin arvoitus) PAGES: 32

(Postmerkin arvoitus) PAGES: 32

(Merten HurjapĂ¤Ă¤t) PAGES: 32

(Villit Vieraat) PAGES: 32

The Pearl Necklace Mystery

The Suitcase Mystery

The Nibling

Moomin Builds a House

(Matkalaukun arvoitus) PAGES: 32

(Touhukas Tahmatassu) PAGES: 32

(Muumipeikon Talo) PAGES: 32

(Helminauhan arvoitus) PAGES: 32

Little My, always at the center of attention! One day she brings her 16 siblings to visit the Moomins, the next she takes on real pirates! Will Moomintroll cope with her shenanigans?

Moomin | Story and Activity Books Read the story and solve the puzzles. No pens needed for these colourful adventures with the Moomin family and friends - to be enjoyed over and over again.

Sailing with the Moomins (Muumiperhe Merell채) PAGES: 18

Moomins in the Winter

Moomins in the Woods

(Muumiperhe Talvella) PAGES: 18

(Muumiperhe Mets채ss채채) PAGES: 18

Moomins in the Jungle (Muumiperhe Viidakossa) PAGES: 18

Activity Books | Moomin

NEW!

Moomin Sticker Stencil Book (Tekemisen Iloa) PAGES: 96 Stickers, stencils, decorative paper.

Moomin Copy and Colour Activity Book (Mainio Mallikirja) PAGES: 32 b/w insides, see-through tracing paper.

The Happy Moomin Activity Pack More Moomin activity books:

(Touhukas puuhapaketti) PAGES: 24 (coloring book) 16 (activity book)

Moomin Dot to-Dot Activity Book

Welcome to Moominvalley! Solve the activites and have fun with Moomintroll, Sniff, and other characters. Includes two activity books and stickers.

Moomin Thick Activity Book Moomin Coloring Book Moomin Sticker Book Moomin Thick Activity Book Moomin Coloring Carneval

Moomin Creative Coloring (Moomin Coloring Book for Adults) PAGES: 48, b/w insides. Containing Tove Jansson’s original Moomin novel illustrations

Moomin Tons of Mazes Activity Book (Sikin Sokin Sokkeloita) PAGES: 32 b/w insides, stickers.

Moomin Thick Sticker Book

Thick Mazes and Dot-to-dot Activity Book (Oivaltamisen iloa) PAGES: 64 Re-packaged edition of “Tons of mazes" and “Dot-to-Dot" activity books.

Moomin | Gift and Guide Books

Moomin Family Album

A Year with the Moomin Family

Moomin Family Song Book

(Muumiperheen albumi) PAGES: 32

(Muumiperheen vuosi) PAGES: 40

(Muumiperheen lauluretki) PAGES: 45

Moominmamma has put together a beautiful album of Moomin memorabilia. A delightful collection of colourful events and amusing incidents in the Moomin family history. Cloth spine, foil details.

Summarizing the year in the Moominvalley; events big and small, making the most of every season. Share the Moominfamily’s love for nature and each other with the seasonal texts and images capturing those perfect moments. Cloth spine, foil details.

All new Moomin music composed by Soili Perkiö of the Finnish Sibelius Academy, with lyrics by Pro Finlandia awarded writer and lyricist Hannele Houvi. The book and album won the Finnish Emma Award for Best Children’s Album in 2014. Includes lyrics, notations and CD with music.

The Moomin Guide (Muumi Opas) PAGES: 248 A unique guide to the world of the Moomins, its characters and places. The guide is based on the Moomin books and comics by Tove and Lars Jansson, as well as Tove’s sketches, manuscripts and notes. Written by Sirke Happonen, professor of literature at University of Helsinki.

Picture books | Mauri Kunnas Mauri Kunnas is a resourceful storyteller and an ingenious illustrator. In his explorations of history, myths and legends, he takes the historical subjects we all think we know and teases out intriguing new facts and fun in equal measures. In his clever interpretations of beloved classics, adventures come alive in the most hilarious way.

The History of Finland

MAURI KUNNAS (b. 1950) is undoubtedly one of Finland’s most successful children’s book authors today. He has published nearly 50 books, which have been translated into 34 languages and sold almost 9 million books in 36 countries. Kunnas is also widely appreciated by adults, particularly for his comics about the Beatles.

Photo: Katja Lösönen

(Koiramäen Suomen historia) PAGES: 80 FIRST PUBLISHED IN: 2017 The History of Finland by Mauri Kunnas is a masterpiece that joins the ranks of The Seven Dog Brothers and Canine Kalevala. This unique picture book illustrates Finnish history from the 16th to the 19th century, introducing significant moments and characters as well as many amusing anecdotes and ordinary people through which Kunnas paints a picture of the multifaceted phases of Finnish history. Kunnas takes the reader to Mikael Agricola, the founder of literary Finnish, the court of Duke John at Turku Castle, and the peasant uprising of the Cudgel War. He brings to life witch hunts, the construction of the Viapori sea fortress, the Russian invasion of the Great Hatred and the rebel leader Tapani Löfving, as well as the war of Hats and Caps.

Mauri Kunnas | Picture books

The Tails Of King Arthur and The Knights Of the Round Table (Kuningas Artturin ritarit) PAGES: 74 FIRST PUBLISHED IN: 1997 Mauri Kunnas has conjured up a hair-raising feline mythology out of the medieval legends. Ride with Arthur, the High Cat-King of Logres, on this journey into the ancient world of daring exploits and damsels in distress, and let the fun-filled adventures carry you along. The Canine Kalevala (Koirien Kalevala) PAGES: 64

One Spooky Night and Other Scary Stories

Robin Hood

(Hui kauhistus!) PAGES: 44

FIRST PUBLISHED IN: 2009

FIRST PUBLISHED IN: 1985

The hero of Mauri Kunnas’ Robin Hood uses all his ingenuity to make off with treasures and taunt the powerful. The epicurean sheriff is left with just his fingers to lick when Robin steals his berry pie...

Meet Vampire Count Creepy, Witch Snaggletooth, Shelly the Skeleton, and many other hilarious monsters – what could they be up to One Spooky Night? Find out in this treasury of scary fun.

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Buffalo Bill’s Wild West Circus (Puhveli-Billin lännensirkus) PAGES: 36 FIRST PUBLISHED IN: 1998 We meet up with a stetson-full of famous Wild West heroes, among them the fearless fur-trapper Davy Crocodile, Wild Bill Hickockerel, and of course the circus artists Annie Sharpshooter and Buffalo Bill. The legends of the Wild West in animal form have never been more fun. The Vikings Are Coming! (Viikingit tulevat!) PAGES: 52 FIRST PUBLISHED IN: 2006

FIRST PUBLISHED IN: 1992

The canine national epic is a thrilling adventure and heroic in true Kunnas style. Long, long ago, when the world was still young, there dwelt in the far-off land of Kalevala a tribe of wild and woolly dogs.

In his inimitable style, Mauri Kunnas serves up eight short Viking tales in the spirit of the old Norse sagas. The adventures are supported by historical information about the Viking way of life, their ships and homes, and their beliefs.

Picture books | Mauri Kunnas

Mr Clutterbuck Goes Astray (Herra Hakkarainen harhateillä) PAGES:32 FIRST PUBLISHED IN: 2016

Mr Clutterbuck Searching for Christmas (Herra Hakkarainen joulun jäljillä) PAGES: 32 FIRST PUBLISHED IN: 2017 In these search and find books Mr Clutterbuck stumbles into the middle of an adventure – fast asleep of course! The reader needs to have their wits about them to find Mr Clutterbuck in the picture, and also to spot the lost gold star, escaped chickens or Steve the Spider. The books wanders from one well-known adventure to the next.

Mauri Kunnas | Picture books

Good Night, Mr Clutterbuck (Hyvää yötä, herra Hakkarainen) PAGES: 38 FIRST PUBLISHED IN: 1999 Modest and well-mannered Mr Clutterbuck is blissfully unaware of his reputation as the fittest and busiest sleepwalker in town. Not so his pet guinea pig, Gus who for years has had to chase his snoring and babbling master through the streets. Join them, and you will soon learn what a fearless hero the ordinary Mr Clutterbuck becomes after dark!

Mr Clutterbuck’s Seven Wonders

Mr Clutterbuck’s Funny Hobbies

(Herra Hakkaraisen seitsemän ihmettä) PAGES: 32 FIRST PUBLISHED IN: 2008

(Herra Hakkarainen harrastaa) PAGES: 32 FIRST PUBLISHED IN: 2014

See and experience the Seven Wonders of the World with a chronic sleepwalker as your guide! Mr. Clutterbuck has won a trip around the world in a department store raffle, and the folks from Pawchester come along for the trip. In Egypt, the pyramids and mummies intrude on Mr. Clutterbuck’s dreams. He wraps himself up in toilet paper in the hotel bathroom and traipses toward the pyramids in the moonlight. The rest is history.

The hobbies of Pawchester’s noble sleepwalker are few in the daytime, but at night his activities are definitely on the wild side. Mr Clutterbuck goes running in high-heeled track shoes, decorates the doghouse, collects mailboxes and plays tennis with a frying pan and eggs. No wonder he’s exhausted every morning!

Picture books | Mauri Kunnas

Santa Claus

Twelve Gifts For Santa Claus

Santa Claus and The Magic Drum

(Joulupukki) PAGES: 50

(Kaksitoista lahjaa joulupukille) PAGES: 42 FIRST PUBLISHED IN: 1987

(Joulupukki ja noitarumpu) PAGES: 48 FIRST PUBLISHED IN: 1995

What can an elf give Santa for Christmas? Little Willieâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s surprises do not turn out quite the way he planned, but his deeds are still gifts for Santa. This is a story about sharing the gift of happiness with others, regardless of the season.

Odd things are happening in Santaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s village with Christmas just around the corner. Who peppered the cookies? Who switched off the Northern Lights? And why has the computer come down with a virus just when Santa Claus was about to solve his most vexing Christmas gift problem? A picture book based on an acclaimed animation, and the third book in the Christmas book series.

FIRST PUBLISHED IN: 1981

In this Christmas classic we learn everything there is to know about Santa Claus, his elves and their magical home Mount Korvatunturi in Lapland. Loved around the world, this story celebrates Christmas with a gentle grin.

Christmas calendars with 24 mini books inside 22

Christmas Card book

photo: Kuva Katja Tähje

Aino Havukainen and Sami Toivonen | Tatu and Patu Picture books

Tatu and Patu’s Astonishing Story Book (Tatun ja Patun ällistyttävä satukirja) PAGES: 36 FIRST PUBLISHED IN: 2017

Detectives Tatu and Patu: The Case of the Mysterious Divider (Tatu ja Patu etsivinä: Tapaus Puolittaja) PAGES: 32

Tatu and Patu’s Marvellous Christmas (Tatun ja Patun ihmeellinen joulu) PAGES: 32 FIRST PUBLISHED IN: 2015

FIRST PUBLISHED IN: 2016

Tatu and Patu’s Astonishing Story Book revolutionises our understanding of story books and reading out loud. Interaction without technology and gadgets? Social interaction without social media? These six astonishing stories all come with user instructions. A story where the reader can adjust their voice according to the character who is speaking is, of course, pretty familiar to any reader of bedtime stories. But what about a story where you make faces in line with different emotions? Or a story where the listener can replace a pivotal word with another, or turn the whole story upside down? Reading stories has never been this much fun!

Tatu and Patu’s wits are tested to the limits when the mysterious Divider strikes. Many blunders later, the mind-boggling truth is revealed: who, where and why?

Veera has invited Tatu and Patu to celebrate Christmas with her. As no Christmas preparations are underway at all, Tatu and Patu decide to put their minds to it and give Veera a pleasant surprise.

AINO HAVUKAINEN & SAMI TOIVONEN work together as children’s authors, illustrators, and graphic designers. For young Finnish readers they are best known as the creators of the hilarious Oddville boys, Tatu and Patu. The riotous humour of these hugely popular illustrated books appeals to children and adults alike. Tatu and Patu books’ rights have been sold to 21 countries.

Other titles: This is Helsinki This is Finland – Tatu and Patu’s Activity Book Tatu and Patu, Time to Eat! Tatu and Patu Take it Outside Veera and the Farm Animals Veera at the Doctor's Veera in the Kitchen Veera and the Vehicles

Tatu and Patu Picture books | Aino Havukainen and Sami Toivonen

Tatu and Patu’s Oddball Bedtime Book (Tatun ja Patun outo unikirja) PAGES: 32 FIRST PUBLISHED IN: 2008 This book has everything for anyone who sleeps, from instructions for choosing a bedtime toy to a troubleshooting chart for insomniacs.

Tatu and Patu Go to Work (Tatu ja Patu työn touhussa) PAGES: 32 FIRST PUBLISHED IN: 2006 The hilarious Oddville boys Tatu and Patu get the chance to experience a day in a dozen different occupations. What sort of work is done by a carpenter, a teacher, a musician, a cleaner, a mechanic, a nurse, a journalist, or a secretary in an office?

Tatu and Patu: Superheroes! (Tatu ja Patu supersankareina) PAGES: 48 FIRST PUBLISHED IN: 2010 Tatu and Patu’s dream comes true: with the help of a televisioactive laser beam they transform from ordinary Oddsvillians into super heroes! The super team set out to battle super scoundrels and struggle against misrepresentation! 24

Tatu and Patu’s Amazing Alphabets (Tatun ja Patun oudot aakkoset) PAGES:32 FIRST PUBLISHED IN: 2009 Tatu and Patu find a box in the attic brimming with old photos and mementoes of years gone by and there’s plenty of whacky humour and earth-shaking revelations about the crazy life they’ve lived!

Tatu and Patu’s Adventures in Outer Space (Tatun ja Patun avaruusseikkailu) PAGES: 48 FIRST PUBLISHED IN: 2011 Tatu and Patu take off on an adventure across the universe – their mission is to defend galactic peace and perform other important feats of space derring-do.

Tatu and Patu’s Odd Inventions Through the Ages (Tatun ja Patun kummat keksinnöt kautta aikojen) PAGES: 32 FIRST PUBLISHED IN: 2013 Tatu and Patu come up with all kinds of original ideas that would have delighted people from the past. A machine for mummifying ancient Egyptians or a mammoth-tooth communication system! Plus: Tatu and Patu design a school uniform for the future.

Aino Havukainen and Sami Toivonen | Tatu and Patu Picture books

Tatu and Patu at the Kindergarten (Tatu ja Patu päiväkodissa) PAGES: 36 FIRST PUBLISHED IN: 2004 Tatu and Patu have won a lottery prize: a free day at the spa. However, they confuse the signs, and instead of the Funday Fitness Centre they find themselves in the Under Fives Club, just next door.

Tatu and Patu’s Mad Machines (Tatun ja Patun oudot kojeet) PAGES: 32 FIRST PUBLISHED IN: 2005 Tatu and Patu build fourteen bizarre but undeniably useful devices. Could someone manage without a wash-and-brush automat in the mornings, a puddlemaker in the playground or a yucky-food detector at lunch? 25

Picture books | Nina Pirhonen Vroom Vroom! (Brum brum) PAGES: 24 FIRST PUBLISHED IN: 2016

Zoom zoom (Viuh, viuh) PAGES: 24

PhOTO: Nina Pirhonen

FIRST PUBLISHED IN: 2017

NINA PIRHONEN (b. 1975) is a fashion and graphic designer who combines two elements that captivate toddlers: vehicles and bold colors.

Delightful picture books with a subtle ecological message for the very young, by a multi-talented picture book author and designer. Vroom Vroom! Tractors and forklifts, diggers and fire engines â&#x20AC;&#x201C; which vehicles can you spot on the city streets? Fun animal characters are behind the wheel: a garbage truck takes glass jars to be recycled, and Granny Mole drives an electric car. In Zoom Zoom simple but surprising text introduces flying vehicles, rockets zooming and planes vrooming in continental style with plenty of speed and color!

PhOTO: KIMMO SYVÄRI

Anttu Harlin and Joonas Utti | Board Books

Gigglebug (Kikattava kakkiainen) PAGES: 16 FIRST PUBLISHED IN: 2015 The Gigglebug is a tiny, tiny creature, with a great big laugh. Nothing is more fun than playing hide-and-seek with your friends. Where are Barry the Bear, City Bunny and Papa Raisin? The laughter coming from the hiding places helps Gigglebug find everyone. By pressing the button the reader gets to play along. Teehee-hee! Hee-he-he-he!

Gigglebug and the Big Surprise (Kikattava Kakkiainen ja jymy-yllätys) PAGES: 16 FIRST PUBLISHED IN: 2016 Gigglebug wants to arrange a birthday surprise for Papa Raisin. What could he do before the birthday boy wakes up? There are all kinds of noisy friends out and about near Rotten Tree Stump. What if they all came to wish him a happy birthday? Wouldn’t that be a super surprise!

Gigglebug and the Band (Kikattava kakkiainen ja bändi) PAGES: 16 FIRST PUBLISHED IN: 2017 City-Rabbit wants to form a band but can Gigglebug play the drums and will Claude the Moose master the ukulele? No matter whether you can hit the notes, it’s all okay, as long as you have fun and a laugh with your friends!

ANTTU HARLIN & JOONAS UTTI (b. 1980 and 1982) are experts in animation. Harlin and Utti are top producers and creators, and their company Gigglebug Entertainment designs and creates children’s mobile games and entertainment content. The Gigglebug is a familiar face and features in the popular animation series and games.

Gigglebug broadcasters Finland (YLE) Sweden (SVT) Denmark (DR) UK (Milkshake digital & 5star) Switzerland (SRF) Austria (ORF) Israel (Hop!) Argentina (Paka Paka) Estonia (ERR) – Autumn 2017

YouTube sports | SkillTwins SAMPLE OF CONTENTS

OUR STORY

Growing up Careers and injuries Home is where the heart is FAMILY

Background Family support, What it’s like to be a twin: Josef on Jakob, Jakob on Josef SOCIAL MEDIA

It’s was a sunny summer’s day. Mum came into

the kitchen, looking worried, holding a letter in her hand. Josef, my twin brother, and I realized quickly that this was the letter we have been waiting for for a long time – the results from our X-rays. This sunny day was about to turn pitch black… It was the news we had feared the most; we had both torn our ACLs and needed to have complicated knee surgery and a year and a half of rehabilitation. I couldn’t believe it. I sank to the floor, crying. I could hear my brother in tears too. We were both in total shock. What would happen next? Would we recover? Would we have to give up football – our biggest passion? Neither of us knew then that this would be the moment that would take us to where we are now. Travelling around the world, meeting millions of fans and superstars like Zlatan and Zidane. At that moment, we had no idea that four years later we would be tricking the world’s best football players, teach them our skills and live our dream life. Our football dream life.

This is our story. The SkillTwins story.

Jakob El-Zein

WORKING TITLE:

SkillTwins – the Best Football Skills and Tricks approx. 100 CONTENT: Full color, photos and illustrations; high quality football content and SkillTwins story. See Sample of Contents. TARGET GROUP: SkillTwins and football fans, age 8-12 years RELEASE: May 2018, in Swedish PAGES:

MATERIAL AVAILABLE FOR TRANSLATION:

Continuously from December 2017, finished material February 2018. PRINTING: Co-editions possible as well as material and rights.

How it all started International career, travels, star quality and everyday life The app game, sponsorships and footballs Fun stories and anecdotes Next steps and future dreams FOOTBALL

The meaning of football Practise, practise, practise Nutrition Have fun and play too Celebrities FAIR PLAY

Be a better team player Remember to be humble Motivation and inner strength Skilltwins’ 10 commandments SKILLS AND TRICKS

How skills may help your football game Skills glossary Best tricks and skills; 5 basic skills, 5 SkillTwins signature skills, step by step PICTURE GALLERY

Now and then, here and far, fans, SkillTwins and celebrities

SkillTwins | YouTube sports SkillTwins success story SkillTwins are the 21-year old football freestyle superstars from Sweden. The twins, Josef and Jakob El-Zein, started out as promising football players but after suffering severe knee injuries, they started practicing tricks as rehabilitation. After starting a YouTube channel in 2014, they are now one of the biggest sports channels in the world, with over 6 million followers. SkillTwins have signed a worldwide sponsorship with Adidas and their football game app was the number 1 football game in just a month after launching in October 2016. SkillTwins travel the world to events and meet-and-greets to play with fans and football stars alike.

SKILLTWINS FACTS YOUTUBE: 2,2 million subscribers, 180 million views Average views per video: 1,5 million FACEBOOK: 2,1 million followers, 17 million views Average views per video: 800 000 INSTAGRAM: 1,7 million followers, 172 million views Average views per video: 280 000 SKILLTWINS FOOTBALL GAME APP:

+ 7 million downloads Number 1 football game worldwide! iOS & Android. SkillTwins Football Game app 2 launching September 2017!

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Picture books | Oili Tanninen

Finnish award-winning author and illustrator OILI TANNINEN (b. 1933) has created over 20 children’s books. Her works have been published in various languages. Her simple, yet bold illustrations in graphic colours make her artwork feel as fresh today as when the first books were published in the sixties.

Nunnu

Nunnu Is Falling

Nunnu Is Flying

PAGES: 31

(Nunnu putoaa) PAGES: 32

(Nunnu lentää) PAGES: 32

FIRST PUBLISHED IN: 1969

FIRST PUBLISHED IN: 1966

Professor Prilli hits with his car the tree where Nunnu is sleeping, and she falls down. Everybody is confused. Möksö has lost her hat and is as angry as she can be. Nunnu and Hoppu solve the conflict peacefully.

Nunnu receives wings and sees the world from another perspective. She and her friends help the angry old lady to get rid of her tooth ache and her fear of bogeymen.

FIRST PUBLISHED IN: 1965

Nunnu has an important job to make Professor Prilli fall asleep and take his afternoon nap. She’s rushing to this job and overcomes all the obstacles with the help from her friends. In the end they all dream the same dream.

Oili Tanninen | Picture books

Hippu

Miiru goes Fishing

(Hippu)

(Miruu menee kalaan) PAGES: 28 pages FIRST PUBLISHED IN: 1961

PAGES: 28 pages FIRST PUBLISHED IN: 1967

Beautifully crafted in collage technique, this graphic picture book tells the story of Hippu the mouse and his friend Heppu the dog. They eat, they play, they go for a walk, and then they fall asleep. This simple, stylish picture book is a classic.

Dot and Spot (Täplä ja piste) PAGES: 28 pages FIRST PUBLISHED IN:

1980

Button and Zip (Nappi ja Neppari) PAGES: 32 pages FIRST PUBLISHED IN: 1961

Bean and Ball (Papu ja Polla) PAGES: 28 pages FIRST PUBLISHED IN: 1970

Bean and Ball play in the snow. They ski, they build castles and throw snowballs. But when the rain starts… Another marvelous, graphic picture book by Oili Tannien.

Princess Pintsize

Princess Pintsize’s Winter

(Prinsessa Pikkiriikki) PAGES: 80 FIRST PUBLISHED IN: 2016

(Prinsessa Pikkiriikkin Talvi) PAGES: 80 FIRST PUBLISHED IN: 2017

Have you made the acquaintance of Princess Pintsize yet? No? Well, you soon will, as the Princess and her magical dog Sausage are here to stay. Three delightful stories for reading aloud in one book. In the first story, the Princess, fed up with being told what to do, sends all adults to Hecktown with the help of her magical dog Sausage. In the second, she thumbs her nose at Snot-Edward and makes friends with Princess Thimble. The third story sees the annoying Doofus set up home in mum’s tummy, and Pintsize and Thimble decide to build their own house. Enchanting four-colour illustrations by Ninka Reittu.

The Princess has had enough of her annoying little brother Doofus. She decides to sell him at the flea market. Perhaps someone would trade a few sweets for him? It’s finally snowing. Princesses Pintsize and Thimble decide to build the finest snow car of all time and take it down the steepest hill. Princess Pintsize begins to wonder whether Santa won’t leave her a single present. Together with Princess Thimble, Pintsize becomes an elf and hands out Christmas presents to everyone, naughty and nice alike. These three wintry stories of the fantastic everyday life of Princess Pintsize are great bedtime story material!

NINKA REITTU (b. 1982) is an illustrator, art teacher and artisan. Reittu imbues both images and text with a uniquely heart-warming air. The translation rights for her successful picture book series of Messi and Mystery Cat have been sold in five languages.

PhOTO: Arto Wiikari

PhOTO: kari hautala

Story books | Ninka Reittu and Hannele Lampela

HANNELE LAMPELA (b. 1982) is a journalist and author from Espoo, whose Princess Pintsize character is a modern day Pippi Longstocking.

Ninka Reittu | Picture books

You Are Super Loved

Cat Race

(Sinä olet superrakas) PAGES: 32

(Messi ja mysteeri. Kattiralli) PAGES: 38 FIRST PUBLISHED IN: 2015

FIRST PUBLISHED IN: 2017

A whimsical story about love and superheroes by an internationally acknowledged picture book maker. Father and son share amazing adventures to find out what love is. Will it last if you are silly, or if you say no? Can superlove scare away monsters? And even if you travel to the end of the world, will it stretch all the way? Illustrated in a humorous comic book style, this tender story about the super powers of love is for fathers and sons and the superheroes of life everywhere.

The summer holidays are here. Messi and the cat family pack the car and drive off on a holiday trip. To the delight of everyone, a hitch-hiker joins the group; it’s the Mystery Cat, Messi’s mysterious friend.

Everything Will Be Fine! Heading for an Adventure (Messi ja Mysteeri. Käpälät kohti seikkailua) PAGES: 32 FIRST PUBLISHED IN: 2014 Messi’s father has devised a marvellous invention. Thanks to his fishing contraption he can lounge on the bench by the stove instead of fishing! When the contraption mysteriously disappears, Messi resolves to find it.

(Messi ja Mysteeri. Kaikki järjestyy!) PAGES: 40 FIRST PUBLISHED IN: 2013 First book in the successful Messi and the Mystery Cat series. When Top Pot cat family goes to visit Grandma, Messi accidentally ends up on the wrong train. Luckily Messi meets Mystery, a cat who seems to know everything, can do everything, and assures Messi that everything is going to be just fine.

PhOTO: Dorit Salutskij

Picture books | Veera Salmi and Elina Warsta

Heybuddy Nursery: Pablo and the Wobbly Tooth

(Päiväkoti Heippakamu: Rebekan rapupäivä) PAGES: 32 FIRST PUBLISHED IN: 2016

(Päiväkoti Heippakamu: Pablo ja heiluvat hampaat) PAGES: 40 FIRST PUBLISHED IN: 2017.

Rebecca falls victim to a foul mood first thing in the morning, when she rushes to nursery with dad. And it won’t shake off, even if Clara the cleaner tries to suck it up with the hoover. Clicking scissor crabs, making mudcakes with friends and a granny nap in the middle of the day work to lift the bad mood. And luckily there’s always sleep buddy Cloud, whose silliness is guaranteed to make you laugh.

Heybuddy Nursery shows nursery life as it is in this delighful book celebrating diversity and imagination, helping children to deal with emotions and discuss every day dilemmas. In the second book the main character is Pablo, he is five years old and he has a wobbly tooth, but Pablo does not want to make a big deal out of it. He prefers to play with his toy Skeleton Lopez and just enjoy peace and quiet. Third book to be published in 2018.

PhOTO: Dorit Salutskij

Heybuddy Nursery: Rebecca’s Moody Day

VEERA SALMI writes urban stories with a deep understanding of children's world and imagination. Salmi won the Kaarina Helakisa Prize in 2014 and was nominated for the Finlandia Junior Prize in 2015.

ELINA WARSTA is an illustrator of various acclaimed picture books. In 2016 she was granted with the State Prize for Children’s Culture in Finland and selected for IBBY Honour List.

Minna Lindeberg and Jenny Lucander | Picture books

Wilder, Worse, Smiledon

The Snow Above Azharia

(Vildare, värre, smilodon) PAGES: 40 FIRST PUBLISHED IN: 2016

(Snön över Azharia) PAGES: 42

JENNY LUCANDER is a graphic artist and children’s book creator. Her works are frequently used in magazines and advertising. She was nominated to the Nordic Council prize for Childr en’s Books and Young Adults in 2016. Wilder, Worse, Smiledon has been nominated to the literature prize Runeberg Junior 2017.

Foto: Niklas Sandström

At pre-school, Annok and Karin are lions in a cage. The others want them to come out. Annok throws a doll at a mirror and all is broken. Karin wants to comfort Annok but she must go outside to calm down. There is not much to do without Annok, and Karin misses her when she goes away. And Annok goes away, far, far away. She doesn’t come back. Wilder, worse, Smiledon is a book about friendship and life from a very real perspective.

FIRST PUBLISHED IN: 2017

MINNA LINDEBERG has written several picture books. She was nominated to the Nordic Council prize for Children’s Books and Young Adults in 2013 for the book Allan and Udo, together with Linda Bondestam.

The friendship of two girls blossoms as they run away from the school’s skiing trip together. They head straight out to the woods, driven by their fantasy, play and a story that connects them: a horrifying but romantic tale of Azharia, the land of freedom. The Snow Above Azharia is an illustrated book about friendship so strong and passionate it could almost be a romance.

Picture books | Ulf Stark and Linda Bondestam

Foto: Niklas Sandström

Awarded Snöbollen, “Swedish picture book of the year 2016”

ULF STARK (1944-2017) wrote almost 100 children’s and YA books and was nominated and awarded a number of prizes both in Sweden and internationally. Sadly he passed away in June this year, leaving behind him many loving readers. His works have been translated into over 30 languages and his fan-base is global.

(Diktatorn) PAGES: 36 FIRST PUBLISHED IN: 2010

Dictators are those who just want to say me, me, me. Dictators decide on everything and must check that the sun goes up and the moon comes down. You cannot kiss a dictator. There is a lot to think about when you are a dictator. Particularly yourself. This is a revolutionary picture book about a very small dictator.

Animals No-one Has Seen Except Us (Djur som ingen sett utom vi) PAGES: 56 FIRST PUBLISHED IN: 2016 Animals that no-one has seen except us, tells the different stories of unheard and unexpected animals like “An Other”, “The Boom-Boom” and “The Gneiss”. These animals could be you or me, or as illustrator Linda Bondestam has put it “the inner animals of a visitor to a museum”. Enjoyable for children and adults alike.

Other titles All of this My Little, Little One

Foto: Niklas Sandström

The Dictator

Helsinki-based illustrator LINDA BONDESTAM has been nominated to a number of prizes for her colorful, vivid and playful illustrations. Linda is also an actor in the theatrical group Teater Tapir, together with Jenny Lucander and Lena Frölander-Ulf (also represented by Rights & Brands).

Foto: niklas sandström

Malin Kivelä and Linda Bondestam | Pipsa Pentti | Picture books

Rosabel the Giant Pony (Den ofantliga Rosabel) PAGES: 48 FIRST PUBLISHED IN: 2017 Rosabel tears everything down: ponies shouldn’t jump high fences. The stable’s finest horses Raingirl, Pinkyslim, Iza Belle and Sunday Morning are teasing her about it. But Rosabel’s dreams are big, and when given the chance she doesn’t hesitate – she gallops right in to the forest and her freedom.

Lyyli and the Fierce Paper Wolf (Lyyli ja hurja Paperi-Hukka) PAGES:32 FIRST PUBLISHED IN:2016 A charming picture book about timid Lyyli, whose resourcefulness gets her through the trickiest of situations. Will Lyyli manage to rescue the princesses she has drawn from the fierce Paper Wolf with nothing but paper? Lyyli often draws princesses. Princesses who are brave, as she would like to be. When the greedy, mean Paper Wolf captures the princesses, Lyyli forgets her fears and sets off on a rescue mission.

PhOTO: pekka nieminen

MALIN KIVELÄ is a writer and editor. She has written three novels and two children’s books, which have been translated into several languages. She has also written for the theatre.

PIPSA PENTTI (b. 1976) is an illustrator and visual artist who lives in Helsinki. She has an MA in Fine Arts and has also studied art in Montreal, Canada. Lyyli and the Fierce Paper Wolf is her first book.

fpto: ©Cata Portin

Picture books | Lena Frölander Ulf

Me, Fidel and the Forest

Me, Dad and the Sea

(Jag, Fidel och skogen) Pages: 40 FIRST PUBLISHED IN: 2016

(Pappa, jag och havet) PAGES: to be confirmed TO BE PUBLISHED IN: 2018

Mum loves the countryside. She loves the sea. She loves the wind. She loves the forest. But I’m afraid. Of the sea. Of the wind. Of the forest. Mum wants me to wee in the forest. But it’s dark. This is story about facing the dark and seeing light, even where there is very little of it, about conquering fears and embracing the world. It is beautifully intertwined with its scraperboard and watercolor illustrations. Nominated for Finlandia Junior 2016.

Other titles A True Story It Is What It Is

The second book in a planned series of three in Frölander-Ulf's unique, artistic manner.

LENA FRÖLANDER-ULF is a Helsinki-based writer and illustrator of children’s books. Her book Me, Fidel and the Forest has been nominated for three different awards; the Toisinkoinen 2016, Finlandia Junior 2016 and Runeberg Junior 2017.

Ragnar Aalbu | Picture books

On the road with Frankie and Dean (Harry og Roger på tur) PAGES: 46 Frankie and Dean find a book. It’s filled with strange images from unknown places like Loch Ness and the Red Sea. Imagination runs wild and the philosophical friends urgently feel the need to travel. Or… maybe not?

Frankie and Dean (Harry og Roger) PAGES: 46 Frankie Musk and Dean Marten are two good friends who yearn and dream and talk and think a lot. It’s Samuel Becket meets Jacques Tati, but most of all it’s very Ragnar Aalbu.

Frankie and Dean make a friend, sort of (Harry og Roger får en slags venn) PAGES: 46 Frankie and Dean are suspecting they are being stalked, so they set up a trap. They catch the stalker, a hare who claims to be a magician. Then strange things happen...

RAGNAR AALBU is an award-winning Norwegian author and illustrator. His minimalist, stylized picture books work just as well for adults as for children.Aalbu was nominated for the Nordic Council Children and Young People’s Literature Prize 2016.

Picture books | Inger and Lasse Sandberg

Photo: Lotta Sandberg

Anna is a little girl who likes to do things by herself. She wants to build things and she wants to decide on things. She knows how to! She has a good friend, the world’s Tallest Uncle. Tall Uncle is tall and thoughtful. Little Anna is small and very brave. Together they are a great team!

Here’s Little Anna

Little Anna’s Party

What Little Anna saw

(Här är Lilla Anna) PAGES: 32

(Lilla Anna har kalas) PAGES: 32

(Vad Lilla Anna fick se) PAGES: 40

Swedish cartoonist and illustrator LASSE SANDBERG and teacher and author INGER SANDBERG met in the 1950s and started their successful collaboration as a creative team and married couple. Outside the Nordics they are probably best known for their books about Little Anna and Little Ghost Laban. Together Inger and Lasse wrote and illustrated over 100 books and have been nominated and awarded several prestigious prizes, including the Astrid Lindgren prize and Elsa Beskow plaque.

Other available characters Help out, said Dusty Borrow it, said Dusty Look at that, said Dusty Find the fish, said Dusty Not cleaning, said Dusty The Thumb Plays

What Little Anna Collected

Little Anna Plays with Colors

Little Anna Plays with Numbers

The Thumb's Party

(Vad Lilla Anna sparade på) PAGES: 40

(Lilla Anna leker med färger) PAGES: 22

(Lilla Anna leker med siffror) PAGES: 22

Thumb Stories

The Thumb's Friend

Inger and Lasse Sandberg | Picture books Other titles in the Little Anna series: Little Anna and the Magic Hat Little Anna Plays with Balls

Sleep well, Daddy, said Little Ghost Laban

Little Anna Moves Things When Little Anna had a Cold

Labolinas’s Stumbling Day

Little Anna’s Christmas Gift Little Anna and the Mysterious Seeds Little Anna’s Mum’s Birthday Little Anna and the Tall Uncle at Sea Where is Little Anna’s Dog? Little Anna Goes to Happy School Little Anna Travels to the Country Opposite Happy Birthday, Little Anna

Daddy is Ill, said Little Ghost Laban Where is Labolina’s Millilina? Laban and Labolina Looking for Princesses

Little Anna, Help!

Little Anna saves Oscar

Other titles in the Little Ghost Laban series:

Who’s Making that Noice, said Little Ghost Laban BOOO! said Little Ghost Laban

Little Anna and the Tall Uncle

Little Ghost Laban’s Ghastly Castle comics

Little Anna’s Mum’s Birthday

(Lilla Spöket Laban spökar på slottet) PAGES: 60, Comic book, 6-9 years

DADDY, ARE THERE ANY GHOSTS HERE?

PLEASE, LABAN, WE ARE THE GHOSTS!

Laban the Little Ghost

(Lilla Spöket Laban) PAGES: 32

Is it Christmas again, said Laban the Little Ghost

(Är det jul nu igen? sa Lilla spöket Laban) PAGES: 32 41

photo: Piia Arnould

Picture books & Middle Grade 7+ | Reetta Niemelä and Salla Savolainen

REETTA NIEMELÄ has studied ecology and ethnology and worked as a teacher, museum guide and gardener. She has written poetry and children’s books. Her writing career has also included founding a literary society, Kapustarinta, independent publishing of literary CD:s, and performing for her readers, especially for children. SALLA SAVOLAINEN has a Master’s degree in art and design. She works as an illustrator and has also written three books herself. Savolainen’s drawings have been shortlisted and awarded several prizes.

Pony Camp at Star Hill Stables (Tikkumäen ponileiri) PAGES: 32 FIRST PUBLISHED IN: 2015 Star Hill Stables is a narrative non-fiction picture books series, that has been translated into eight languages. In the first book Iiris starts riding lessons at Star Hill Stables and meets new friends. In the second book The Dogs of Start Hill Stables, Iris and her friends get a chance to take care of the cute new puppy at Star Hill Stables – and learn about pet care! In the third book Pony Campe at Star Hill Stables Iiris gets to join her very first pony camp.

Noble, My Friend (Ystäväni Uljas. Tikkumäki talli) PAGES: 80 FIRST PUBLISHED IN: 2015

Noble and the Missing Dog (Uljas ja kadonnut koira. Tikkumäki) PAGES: 80 FIRST PUBLISHED IN: 2016

Star Hill fiction series introduces familiar characters from Star Hill Stables picture book series to 7+ readers, with black and white illustrations. This series focuses on Iiris and her favourite pony Noble at Star Hill Stables. In the first book, Noble My Friend, Iiris is thrilled to go on a pony camp. Then she sees Milla, the new assistant instructor, taking her anger out on horses. In the second book, Noble and the Missing Dog, a puppy has disappeard near Star Hill Stables and Iiris and her firends set out to find it.

The Dogs of Star Hill Stables (Tikkumäen koirat) PAGES: 40 FIRST PUBLISHED IN:

2013

Star Hill Stables (Tikkumäen talli) PAGES: 40 FIRST PUBLISHED IN: 2011

Picture books | Reetta Niemelä and Salla Savolainen

The Blue Fly Circus (Sinisen kärpäsen sirkus) PAGES: 40 FIRST PUBLISHED IN: 2010

Siira's Circus Tour (Siiran sirkusmatka) PAGES: 32 FIRST PUBLISHED IN:

2017

The Circus of the Blue Fly performs in the Bug Forest for one night only. All the bugs want to see it – even the busy ants take a day off. But when Siira finally gets to the circus, gone are the tent, flying stars, gold glitter and applause. Somewhere in the dark of the woods, gleams a warm light that changes the grief-stricken Siira’s life irrevocably. Poetic and beautifully illustrated fairy tale starring a sensitive bug named Siira, who only wants to see the circus.

Take a peek down Toadstool alley, where you can smell a freshbaked moon! A bumblebee plays hopscotch next door, a wood louse tramps off to the circus, sorrow moves on stockinged feet, a wasp has dreams, and a bedbug has nightmares. And where will the spider sail in his orange-peel boat? The insect characters in this winning book of poems will fly straight to your heart.

Vesta-Linnéa and the Monster Mum

Tove App el g ren's p op ul a r Vesta-Linnéa books have been nominated for a number of awards and translated into 14 languages. They centre around the headstrong, creative and curious Vesta-Linnéa, her ideas and issues with not wanting to sleep, the dream of her own dog, having dark thoughts and feeling lonely. These books addresses common emotions and issues that many readers will recognise and connect to. They are illustrated by Salla Savolainen, who also has been shortlisted and awarded several prizes for her work.

Go to Sleep, Vesta-Linnéa (Sov nu, Vesta-Linnéa) PAGES: 36

TOVE APPELGREN is an author, a director and a play wright. Her first book about Vesta-Linnéa was published in 2001 and since then Appelgren has written another four books about the headstrong girl Vesta-Linnéa. The series has been nominated for a number of awards and translated into 14 languages.

photo: salla savolainen

(Vesta-Linnéa och monstermamman) PAGES: 34

photo: Niklas Sandström

Picture books | Tove Apelgren and Salla Savolainen

Vesta-Linnéa’s Dog (Vesta-Linnéa och gosnosen) PAGES: 34

Vesta-Linnéa’s Darkest Thought

Vesta-Linnea in the Moonlight

(Vesta-Linnéa svartaste tanke) PAGES: 38

(Vesta-Linnéa i månskenet) PAGES: 38

SALLA SAVOLAINEN has a Master’s degree in art and design. She works as an illustrator and has also written three books herself. Savolainen’s drawings have been shortlisted and awarded several prizes.

Noora and Jenna Kunnas | Jenni Pääskysaari | Middle Grade

There’s plenty of bungling, bloopers and goose bumps to go around in this illustrated fiction series for 8+ readers by a talented sister duo.

Girl, You Are… (Tyttö, sinä olet...) PAGES: 140

PhOTO: dorit salutskij

FIRST PUBLISHED IN: 2016

The residents of Tailwind Guesthouse are a zany crew. Enjoy the company of poetic Hugo, flatulent granny Bertta, Major Kuugenbum, piglet twins Bean and Flea and others as they set off to track down a missing strongman, join forces to evict a snooty baron, and solve the mystery of a snoring corpse. Their jinks are guaranteed to leave even eccentrics scratching their heads. Plenty of laughs and full of wind for fans of Captain Underpants with stylish art and energetic storytelling.

NOORA KUNNAS & JENNA KUNNAS (b. 1987 and 1983) Author Noora Kunnasgraduated from the TUAS Arts Academy with a degree in film, and a career in TV. Illustrator Jenna Kunnas studied at the School of Arts and Design in Helsinki, and works as a graphics designer and illustrator. Together the sisters have created a wacky world of characters for young readers.

“As a mother of three girls, the girl issue is something that is close to my heart. This book contains great themes that relate to a girl’s life, themes of self confidence, dreaming, being in charge of your own life… of a new kind of girl-hood that saves the world,” Jenni Pääskysaari describes the birth of her book.

photo: Dorit Salutskij

The Wacky Bunch

“Girl, you are unique! Brave! Loved!“ This is a great little book, a talisman that says all those things every girl should get to hear. Girl, You Are… became a phenomenon and sales success in 2015, receiving much delighted praise. It was followed by a power book for boys. In addition to Pääskysaari’s encouraging writing, the book contain stories about role models, inspirational people and their interviews.

Boy, You Are… (Poika, sinä olet...) PAGES: 140 FIRST PUBLISHED IN: 2016

JENNI PÄÄSKYSAARI (b. 1975) is a TV and radio journalist, a producer and an author of five inspirational books. 45

PhOTO: Dorit Salutskij

Middle Grade 7+ | Veera Salmi and Emmi Jormalainen

VEERA SALMI writes urban stories with a deep understanding of children's world and imagination. Salmi won the Kaarina Helakisa Prize in 2014 and was nominated for the Finlandia Junior Prize in 2015.

Puluboi and Pony's Splash-Proof Book

The Book of Puluboi and Pony PhOTO: Karolína Kotnour

(Puluboin ja Ponin kirja) PAGES: 176 FIRST PUBLISHED IN: 2012

EMMI JORMALAINEN is is an illustrator and graphic designer from Helsinki. She works mainly with visual storytelling, children’s books and drawings. Her wordless picture book “Puu" was nominated as one of the best silent books by IBBY Italy in 2015.

Mai is a 7 year old girl who wishes she could be a pony. Puluboi is a pigeon, who wants to work in advertising and cannot pronounce the letter 'R' The hilarious pair meet in the first book, which they write together to share their adventures in the Wide World. This smart and funny story of a friendship with a big heart is a start of a popular series, which is been adapted to radio, television and theatre. A film will be released in 2018.

(Puluboin ja Ponin loisketiivis kirja) PAGES: 160 FIRST PUBLISHED IN: 2013 Puluboi is engaged in a critical mission: he has to save a princess. HELP! HELP! squeals the pretty princess on his PlayStation. Pony wants company. But Puloboi is just glued to his computer. Back at home, the only thing Pony finds is Mom fussing over the baby. Even Dad has left for the lighthouse to seek inspiration for his art. Then Pony gets such a bizarre card from him that she decides to send Puluboi off to the island to make sure everything is OK.

Veera Salmi and Emmi Jormalainen | Middle Grade 7+ Mauri and the Dumb Phone (Mauri ja vähä-älypuhelin) PAGES: 96 FIRST PUBLISHED IN: 2015

Puluboi and Pony’s Christmas Book

Puluboi and Pony’s Book of the Woods

Puluboi and Pony's Book of Zombies

(Puluboin ja Ponin pöpelikkökirja) PAGES: 180

(Puluboin ja Ponin tsompikirja) PAGES: 200 FIRST PUBLISHED IN: 2015

FIRST PUBLISHED IN: 2014

Things do not seem to be going well for Puluboi and Pony. Pony’s friend Miisu trips on the library stairs and has to go to the hospital. What will happen to the movie they were planning to enter in the school contest?

First everything starts to freeze and crash. Then something jams completely. A strange fog descends in Pony’s world. It feels like there’s something scary everywhere, wolves or zombies or other horrible things, and things are made worse by the fact that her family are moving.

(Puluboin ja ponin komeroirja) PAGES: 144 FIRST PUBLISHED IN: 2017 Different Christmas reading! Pony and Puluboi build a secret Christmas lodge in a cupboard in the loft. Christmas is in danger of going badly wrong for Pony: Mum and Dad are away on a romantic holiday, Miisu is moving out and Grandma plans to take Pony and Madeleine to the Christmas feast she has been organising for the homeless. On top of everything else, the teacher has tasked Pony with filming a Christmas video. How on earth is that going to happen when grandma won’t even get a tree?!

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One night Mauri’s phone transforms from a veritable dumb phone to a real Konegtig smart phone. Mauri used to believe he had the worst phone in class, a true dumb phone comparing to everyone else’s smart phones, but it isn’t that at all. One night his phone transforms and he starts receiving mysterious WhatsApp messages from little folk in Papua-Nude-Mahbum.

Mauri and the Little Big Brother (Mauri ja mini-isoveli) PAGES: 96 FIRST PUBLISHED IN: 2016 Mauri from Pasila has two important tasks to complete: he wants to win the war against the nasty tummy bug and find himself a big brother. Mauri likes things that relate to space, and dreams of having his very own chimpanzee – or alternatively a big brother. A chimp would be fun, and a big brother would come in handy when someone is being mean.

PhOTO: mirva kakko

Middle Grade 9+ | Siri Kolu

SIRI KOLU (b. 1972) is a writer, dramatist, director, and theatre instructor. She is a Finlandia Junior Prize winner and her works have been published in 18 languages. She has been awarded the Laivakello Prize by the Finnish Institute for Children's L iterature and in the Netherlands, Kolu won the Silver Slate Pencil (Zilveren Griffel). She is a front-line author with a strong voice and a wide range from humourous middle grade to edgy YA, cross-over fiction and beyond.

At Last, Beatrix Spelling!

No Way, Beatrix Spelling!

(Viimeistä viedään, Taika Taksinen) PAGES: 220 FIRST PUBLISHED IN:2017

(No on se nyt kumma, Taika Taksinen) Pages: 200 FIRST PUBLISHED IN: 2016

Nothing is off limits for the urban witch Beatrix Spelling. Now she’s running for President! Beatrix Spelling just won’t give up. She’s already made it into parliament and become a minister, and now she wants to be President. And when she sets her mind to it, Beatrix will get to her goal by any means necessary, even magic. Rose and Lars are in big trouble as Beatrix manages to weave even their mothers into her Strong Woman network. When the sky of Circus Valley is filled with witches arriving by hot air balloon, Rose and Lars know this is the real deal.

Rose and Lars made a deal with Beatrix Spelling, where she agreed to stop kidnapping children and behave appropriately in all other ways too. But then Beatrix puts a spell on Youtube and eager fans with her song Oh Electric and is aiming for the Parliament, no less. What on earth would happen if Beatrix and the other urban witches chanting their slogan Make Your Day Magic get into power? The fight against the urban witches gets even harder for Rose and Lars. Luckily they have help in the form of Irish Wolf Hound Maybel and a large group of well-informed children.

Good Riddance, Beatrix Spelling! (Tervemenoa, Taika Taksinen! ) Pages: 160 FIRST PUBLISHED IN: 2015 When Rose Crimson moves to the suburb of Circus Valley on her tenth birthday, she has no idea her neighbour is a witch – or that she is soon to become a formidable adversary. It’s not long before Rose learns that there is something suspicious about the local politician and business woman Beatrix Spelling. Not to mention that the red balloons of Spelling’s entertainment service are filled with a strange gas. Urban witches are devious enemies, but Rose is not about to give up easily.

Siri Kolu | Middle Grade and Young Adult

It All Changes After the Summer (Kesän jälkeen kaikki on toisin) PAGES: 140 FIRST PUBLISHED IN: 2016 The price to pay for becoming oneself is high for Peetu. So high, that he will pay it regardless of the consequences. Peetu was given the name Petra at birth, although Peetu has never been Petra. In September Peetu turns 18 and goes for corrective surgery. Until then, all Peetu can do is wait. The waiting is made easier by going flying with dad. Flying in a glider, almost to the top of the sky. For ten flights Peetu and dad share a lightness, where words flow more easily and you can talk about anything. This powerful YA novel was shortlisted for Finland Junior Prize in 2016 and it won the Topelius Prize in 2017.

Me and the Robbersons is a road movie in the form of children’s books – a story of freedom, and its costs. Me and the Robbbersons was awarded Finlandia Junior Prize in 2010 and made into a film in 2014. Second film is in the making. It’s rights have been sold to eighteen countries.

Me and the Robbersons (Me Rosvolat, 2010) The Robbersons and the Bandit Karaoke (Me Rosvolat ja konnakaraoke, 2011) The Robbersons and the Robbers’ Handbook (Me Rosvolat ja iso-Hemmin arkku, 2012) The Robbersons and the Noble Hunt (Me Rosvolat ja vaakunaväijy, 2013) The Robbersons and the League of Bandits (Me Rosvolat ja ryöväriliitto, 2014) Cooking with The Robbersons! (Ränttätänttää, rosvoruokaa!, 2015) The Candybellion! – The Robbersons (Karkkikumous! Me Rosvolat, 2016)

photo: Arto wiikari

Young Adult | Nadja Sumanen

NADJA SUMANEN (b. 1975) is an occupational therapist and an author, who writes with compassion and tackles difficult issues spiced with dark humour. Her first novel Rambo was awarded the Finlandia Junior Prize in 2015 and it has been adapted into a theatre play for Finnish National Theatre. Translation rights have been sold in three languages.

Best wishes, Zebra

Rambo

(Terveisin Seepra) PAGES: 200

(Rambo) PAGES: 200

FIRST PUBLISHED IN: 2017

FIRST PUBLISHED IN: 2015

The seemingly well-to-do Iris is sixteen and has everything going for her, she does well at school and she is effortless in ballet. Behind the polished façade is a dysfunctional family and a lot of upset. When everything gets too much, cutting herself makes Iris feel better, in that moment. Iris' therapist suggest she should start writing down her feelings and find a pen pal. The correspondence with Poetigirl will help Iris to find new angles to her life, quite literally through the lens of her father’s old camera. Iris will learn that perfection is not everything. As in her debut novel Rambo, Sumanen uses dark humour and reassuring story-telling to guide her readers through the pain and anger.

Rambo has been raised by his mother and is used to coping on his own when mum is depressed. He has a short fuse but a vivid imagination, and at school he avoids the company of those who are better off. Getting to go to mum’s boyfriend’s parents’ cabin brightens up the summer holidays. What a paradise: structure to the day, meal times and the most warmhearted hosts you could imagine! The peace is broken by cocky Liina’s arrival. On the surface it would appear she’s doing just fine, but is she any happier than Rambo?

photo: Pekka Holmström

Kai Erik and Ted Forsström | 11 + Fiction

The Zoo PAGES: 160 FIRST PUBLISHED IN: 2017

Atlas starts Year 10 just as his best friend Elliott moves abroad. Atlas emails Elliott, telling him about everything going on at school and in his life. As well as a way of keeping in touch, the emails are an outlet for Atlas’s creativity. The letters are full of drawings, sketches, Top 3 lists and memes. Despite living on opposite sides of the planet, the boys continue producing their own web comic “The Zoo”, a humourous reflection on school life, set in a zoo. The Zoo is an outrageous, laugh-out-loud series about the everyday life of a teenage boy, full of surprises and relatable moments. Hard to resist, impossible to put down. Illustrated by Pertti Otsamo.

The net is down again!

It’s the cold.

This is #%!# useless!

KAI ERIK (Kaj Korkea-aho, b. 1983) is one of the most talented and distinguished authors of his generation writing in Swedish in Finland. He is also a comedian and regularly performs on radio, TV and stage, as well as a popular columnist and a playwright for both theatre and radio. His adult novel Onda Boken has been translated into six languages.

photo: Niklas Sandström

A modern day Adrian Mole for the age of social media, for readers who grew up with Wimpy Kid and Big Nate.

TED FORSSTRÖM (b. 1983) is a comedian, author and radio profile who, together with Kaj Korkea-aho, hosts a popular podcast, Ted & Kaj. He writes for radio, TV and the theatre.

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Fantasy and Young Adult | KK Alongi

K.K. ALONGI (b. 1967) is a Finnish fantasy writer, who has worked as a lifestyle and horse-riding coach. Her debut is an explosively addictive horror thriller trilogy, the Children of May, full of suspence, a modern version of Lord of the Flies in the spirit of TV-series Lost.

Sacrifices of Spring Children of May Book 1

Trapped Children of May Book 2

(KevĂ¤tuhrit) PAGES: 303

(Ansassa) PAGES: 260

FIRST PUBLISHED IN: 2016

FIRST PUBLISHED IN: 2017

One morning in May, the world changes in the blink of an eye. This is the beginning of a new series, full of addictive suspense in the spirit of Lost. 15-year-old Jade wakes up on the Helsinki underground, surrounded by nothing but darkness. The shocking truth is soon revealed: everyone else is dead. Oblivious to Jade, four others face the same horror in different parts of the city. United by coincidence, together they begin a journey towards the unknown in a world where nothing is the same.

In Trapped Jade and the other survivors have found a refuge, but is it really as safe as they believe? When unexpected visitors turn up at the cottage, can they be trusted? In this claustrophobic setting, the horror of their situation begins to take its toll and everyone is growing suspicious. This psychologically charged second installment of the trilogy shows how the end of the world brings out the best and worst in humans. Alongi creates a menacing environment with chilling details where the reader is as much in the dark as the characters.

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Helena Waris | Fantasy and Young Adult

Bird Binder (Linnunsitoja) PAGES: 17o FIRST PUBLISHED IN: 2017

A Path Drawn to a Dream (Uniin piirretty polku) PAGES: 464

The Wolf Children (Sudenlapset) PAGES: 436

Winterblooded (Talviverinen) PAGES: 334

FIRST PUBLISHED

IN: 2011

IN: 2013

FIRST PUBLISHED IN: 2009

PHoto: Jesse Haaja

As a beginning of a new trilogy, Bird Binder is an ingeniously woven mystery set in a world ruled by the omniscient Machines where freedom hangs on the delicate wings of the birds. The helicopter takes Zemi out to sea, to a lighthouse island beyond the watchful eyes of the State, the Chasms and the Machines. The island forms the base of the resistance movement, where no-one needs to declare why they are there or where they came from. A dovecote sits atop the lighthouse. The birds carry messages across the sea; the only method of communication not governed by the Machine. The birds are the only way the Resistance can survive.

Netherholme trilogy (Pohjankontu-trilogia) Stout-hearted thundermen, fearless maidens, romance and dashing wordplay – the landscapes of primeval Finland are ruled by shamanic powers and eternal love. The world is sliding inevitably towards a long winter. Only one family – that of Ailegais, Arni, and Troi with their spouses and children – will survive it. The acclaimed Netherholme trilogy is Nordic fantasy at its strongest with atmospheric writing, tortured characters and feel the of the ancient powers at the reader's fingertips. This family saga in the world of old, with its legends and beliefs, wilderness and lakes, fells and villages, will enchant readers of all ages. Each book in the trilogy has won the Kuvastaja prize awared by the Finnish Tolkien Society.

HELENA WARIS (b. 1970) writes atmospheric fantasy novels for young adults, where the stories are based in a world that draws inspiration from Finnish folklore. Her most recent books present a new side of the author: mystery adventure writer, whose page-turners can be compared to those of Veronica Roth. Helena Waris has won the Kuvastaja price, awarded by the Finnish Tolkien Society, for an unrivalled four times. 53

photo: Tommi Tuomi

Nordic Fables and Fairy Tales | Pirkko-Liisa and Nora Surojegin

(Suomen lasten eläinsadut) PAGES:166 FIRST PUBLISHED IN: 2004 Finnish Animal Fables offers a path into the mysterious green world of the Forest Kingdom. It brings Finland’s forest and its animals close to the children of today and reminds us that the forest is our spiritual home, a sanctuary and a seedbed for adventure. All sorts of forest creatures cavort across the pages of the book: a big, strong bear, a tricky fox, a dour wolf, a quick-witted rabbit and many other rogues.

Untu and the Secret of the Heart of Winter

Hallahem: The City Beneath the Mountain

(Untu ja sydäntalven salaisuus) PAGES: 104 FIRST PUBLISHED IN: 2012 What is the secret of the light of Christmas? Tiny elfin Untu Willi heads north from his seaside hut to unravel this mystery. On his way, he encounters a variety of animals and creatures that help him in his quest, such as Kekri, ruler of the forest, the leaf fairy Niiu, and a bear settling down for its winter’s nap. Untu and the Secret of the Heart of Winter is a beautiful and beguiling picture book for the whole family. The book has been translated into three languages and has been published in English under the title “Otto and the Secret Light of Christmas”.

(Hallahem: Staden under berget) PAGES: 256 FIRST PUBLISHED IN: 2015

photo: Tommi Tuomi

Finnish Animal Fables

Illustrator PIRKKO-LIISA SUROJEGIN (b. 1950) is renowned for her delicate and precise illustration style, which charms both children and adults alike.

NORA SUROJEGIN (b. 1979) is a graphic deisgner. She is also the writer of Untu and the Secret Heart of the Winter, created together with her mother, illustrator Pirkko-Liisa Surojegin.

Hallahem: The Betrayal at the Lake (Hallahem: Sveket vid sjön) PAGES: 256 FIRST PUBLISHED IN: 2016

Susanne Trydal and Daniel Åhlin | Arja and Emma Puikkonen | Fantasy Imagine finding out that your life is a lie. Imagine really belonging to a different world, a world of trolls, vittra, and magical beings. The Hallahem trilogy offers a new look at what is hiding in Swedish forests and mountains, mixing the myth of changelings with urban fantasy.

The Cage of Sounds (Äänihäkki) PAGES: 200 First published: 2017

Hallahem: The Battle in the Forest

SUSANNE TRYDAL is working as Sales Manager for Children and Y/A at Bonnier Publications. DANIEL ÅHLIN is a technology journalist. They live in Stockholm, Sweden.

photo: jussi puikkonen

photo: Trydal/Åhlin

In Hallahem, a secret city beneath a mountain, lives twelve year old Torun of the Vitter people. Unknown to her, she is a changeling, and in fact human. One day Torun overhears a conversation, realizing that Hallahem is being threatened by modern civilization. She learns there is another girl who can help them, a girl that could have been her. She soon meets Tilda, also a changeling, but a Vitter living with humans. Together they have to face challenges of mystery and dangers and soon Hallahem’s future rests on their shoulders. The trilogy follows Torun and Tilda as they struggle for the Vitters. Dangerous threats emerge, enemies that seem to have a closer connection to the girls than they ever would have expected. The two girls need to face evil forces in order to save the vitters and Hallahem.

ARJA PUIKKONEN (b. 1948) is an accomplished writer, who won Finlandia Junior Prize in 2003. The Cage of Sounds was written together with her daughter, author EMMA PUIKKONEN (b. 1974) whose adult novel was shortlisted for Finlandia Prize in 2016. They describe the writing process as smooth and seamless when working with someone you know so well.

The Cage of Sounds is a tremendous, brilliantly illustrated fairytale novel about loyalty and about finding your own voice. It is the story of six lost boys and a green-haired girl who begins to search for them. In Haidaku land it is forbidden to travel from one village to another. Uku decides to take the risk to find her brothers, who have been missing for a long time. Uku is joined on her journey by Kaski, a post boy who has no voice but carries the wind in his heels. The pair meet an old sound master, a professional in capturing swan sounds in a cage. Is the master’s tale of six brothers living in the Shingle Sea true? Can Uku succeed in meeting the Queen of Haidaku and completing three tasks so that the brothers can return?

(Hallahem: Striden i skogen) PAGES: 263 FIRST PUBLISHED IN: 2017

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