Princess Rascal and The Potty Words

Elina Hirvonen

Original title: Prinsessa Rämäpää ja vessasanat

Author: Elina Hirvonen

Illustrator: Mervi Lindman

Published: 2019

Publisher: Tammi

Genre: Chapter Books (3-6 Years)

Pages: 42

Part of a series: Princess Rascal series

Reading material:

Full English pdf, Finnish edition

Princess Rascal starts pre-school. She’s nervous about her new mates and new teacher. Especially nervous she is about going to the toilet. When she uses toilet words in a completely wrong situation, she’s sure that she is the most embarrassing girl in the world. But a solution for the problem can be found in her secret treasure chest.

Praise:

“Princess Rascal is on the other hand a light and goofy book with toilet humor to entertain little listeners. Mervi Lindman’s illustrations are wonderfully expressive and fit the story excellently!”
– Lue meille äitikulta blog

"If a child can’t stop laughing at potty words, then this book is the best Christmas present. The book made such an impression on the 5-year-old in our family that it was read dozens of times a day for a week…. And in the starring role is Princess Rascal’sstunning imagination that rescues her from trouble!" – Janica Vilen, Turun Seutusanomat newspaper, Finland

Princess Rascal is on the other hand a light and goofy book with toilet humor to entertain little listeners. Mervi Lindman’s illustrations are wonderfully expressive and fit the story excellently!

–Lue meille äitikulta blog

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Rights sold:
FINLAND: Tammi (orig.)
CZECH REPUBLIC: Albatros Media
DENMARK: Gads Forlag
ESTONIAN: Kirjastus Elust Enesest

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About author

Elina Hirvonen

Elina Hirvonen is an award-winning author and documentary filmmaker whose works have been translated into many languages. Hirvonen’s debut novel, When I Forgot, made the front page of The New York Times Book Review, and received rave reviews from the Independent, Guardian, Financial Times and Globe and Mail.

Hirvonen has won the Kalevi Jäntti Prize, the Young Aleksis Prize, has been nominated for the prestigious Finlandia Prize. She has received the prestigious 2023 Werner Söderström Osakeyhtiö Literary Foundation Award, recognizing the artistic independence and high standard of her writing.

Her new novel, The Logbook of Love, was published in Finland in August 2023. The Logbook of Love is the first part of a trilogy of novels that create their world through conversations.

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