Hannele Huovi
Hannele Huovi (born 1949) is an awarded Finnish author who wrote her first children’s radio-play while still in university. She is best known as a celebrated children’s book author but does, in addition to all forms of children’s and juvenile literature, write poetry and prose for adults.
During her career Hannele Huovi has worked in collaboration with a variety of illustrators and artists, namely with Kristiina Louhi (Jättityttö) and Jukka Lemmetty (Urpo ja Turpo).
Hannele Huovi is also an accomplished translator into the Finnish language, having translated over 50 children’s books. She has received several acclaimed awards and nominations for her work.
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Written by Hannele Huovi | Illustrated by Kristiina Louhi
The Giant Girl and Her Tiny Friend
Rights sold: Russian
The giant maiden’s tears flow and a river bursts its banks but the tale has a happy ending.
The book is a lively story about the world’s last giant girl Tina Higgins, who suffers from loneliness. Peter Perkins, on the other hand, is an exceptionally small boy but he is not afraid of big things. He likes to think of stars, planets and other big and distant things. One day the giant girl and Peter meet each other…
‘I’ve always admired big women,’ Peter said.
‘I think everything small is beautiful,’ said the giant girl.
‘That means we’re well matched! he said.
‘True!’ The giant sounded happy, lifted Peter to her lips and gave him a kiss.
The giant girl’s kiss was like a rainstorm. Peter nearly fainted with happiness. His life with Tina the giant maiden would be grand.
Written by Hannele Huovi | Illustrated by Jukka Lemmetty
Ware Bears in Space
The beloved teddy bears explore the wonders of space.
Urpo is concentrating on space books, but fortunately Turpo manages to persuade the bear to play again. Urpo and Turpo build a rocket and a space station, research gravity and the phases of the moon and encounter space creatures. Turpo becomes a Turponaut and embarks on a space flight in the rocket. The occupants of the nursery get to admire the appearance of a new star and to fear the black holes in space. Molly the rag doll is moved to tears when the new star is named after her.
The teddy bears face danger and battles but employ a light sword and discover an inner strength. Urpo and Turpo think about the big questions of the universe: the origin of life, diversity and the building up of trust. The nursery is an entire universe!
Written by Hannele Huovi | Illustrated by Kristiina Louhi
Too-wit, too-woo, too-who?
A merry fable about a little Too-wit Egg’s adventures in Too-wit Woods and on the Too-wit Mountain with heart-warming illustrations by Kristiina Louhi.
When the morning sun peeped into the Too-wits’ nest, Mother Too-wit felt she might be ready to lay an egg. She settled in the downy nest, watched the clouds drifting in the sky and rolled out an egg. The egg had jaunty spots, it was smooth as silk and altogether perfect. Mother Too-wit tapped the egg lightly and warbled, as she was wont to warble to her eggs, ‘Too-wit, too-woo, too-who?’
The next thing she knew, the egg started quivering and shivering, shifting and swaying, bouncing and bounding – and finally it sprang out of the nest. ‘Help!’ Mother Too-wit cried. ‘It’s on the run!’
Written by Hannele Huovi | Illustrated by Kristiina Louhi
When You Are Tiny
When you are tiny,
you can fly on a feather,
or sleep under heather,
when you are tiny.
This baby book by two popular authors provides for a wonderful record of a childhood, and will amount to a treasure trove that will be a source of pleasure for life. It is a tender and beautiful gift book for babies and their parents; an empowering book for both.
Written by Hannele Huovi | Illustrated by Mika Launis
Big Bear Stickyhead Builds
Rights sold: Japanese
Big Bear Stickyhead is related to all of the world’s wisest bears: Winnie the Pooh, Little Bear, Urpo and Turpo and Paddington. He is always ready to contemplate both the small and great problems of life and to invent imaginative solutions to them.
Hannele Huovi’s big bear Stickyhead returns in a new, hilarious story with delectable illustration by Mika Launis. This time Big Bear Stickyhead has taken on a building project, because his old house is falling in on itself due to Iiro the Moose banging his head against the wall of the house.
But what sort of house should he build? Tamppi the Squirrel thinks that a moss house is best of all, Veikko the Hedgehog suggests a pile of leaves and Iiro the Moose a brick house. However, Big Bear Stickyhead decides on a log house. When some bird-watchers show up in the forest and hang up some ready-made bird boxes, Stickyhead begins to wonder if it would be possible to take a lesson from these boxes and build a bear box.
Written by Hannele Huovi | Illustrated by Mika Launis
Big Bear Stickyhead
Rights sold: Japanese
Big Bear Stickyhead is related to all of the world’s wisest bears: Winnie the Pooh, Little Bear, Urpo and Turpo and Paddington. He is always ready to contemplate both the small and great problems of life and to invent imaginative solutions to them.
Hannele Huovi’s big bear Stickyhead returns in a new, hilarious story with delectable illustration by Mika Launis. This time Big Bear Stickyhead has taken on a building project, because his old house is falling in on itself due to Iiro the Moose banging his head against the wall of the house.
But what sort of house should he build? Tamppi the Squirrel thinks that a moss house is best of all, Veikko the Hedgehog suggests a pile of leaves and Iiro the Moose a brick house. However, Big Bear Stickyhead decides on a log house. When some bird-watchers show up in the forest and hang up some ready-made bird boxes, Stickyhead begins to wonder if it would be possible to take a lesson from these boxes and build a bear box.
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