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We are happy to share a new deal for Maria Vilja! The Estonian rights for the Juuli series, Juuli, Big Brother and the Wild Slide, Juuli, Big Brother and Five Raspberries, and the upcoming third Juuli book + standalone picture book The Stone Balloon have been sold to Rahva Raamat! The deal was closed by Satu Sallantaus at Ahlbäck Agency.
The first Juuli book was published in Poland this summer by Smartbooks.
REQUEST MATERIALS FOR ALL MARIA VILJA TITLES HERE
Learn emotional skills together with Juuli and her older brother!
Maria Vilja captures the everyday life of small children with sharp insight, sprinkled with emotional skills, discoveries, and sparkling humor.
Juuli and her big brother do all sorts of things together with their grandparents. In the first book of the series, they pack their swimming gear and learn to be brave, and bravely afraid. In the second book of the series, Juuli and her big brother pick raspberries and practice patience.
Gently explores themes of fairness, money and poverty, and childhood disappointment.
Panu Has the Finest Balloon of All. This honest picture book brings a ray of light even to life’s greatest worries.
Panu wants a balloon, but his mother says they can’t afford one. Panu thinks that’s unfair. Why does his friend Rami get to have a balloon of his own, and a scooter, too? In the midst of his disappointment, Panu finds a very special stone: large, beautiful, and perfectly round. It’s almost as splendid as the showy helium balloons at the supermarket. But can a stone really be as good as a balloon?
JUULI series by Maria Vilja
WSOY 2025-, 40 pp.
Rights sold:
FINLAND: WSOY (orig.)
ESTONIA: Rahva Raamat
POLAND: SmartBooks
Reading materials:
Full English draft translation (book 1), Finnish PDFs (books 1-2)
THE STONE BALLOON by Maria Vilja
Ilmapallokivi, Karisto 2026, 40 pp.
Rights sold:
FINLAND: Karisto (orig.)
ESTONIA: Rahva Raamat
Reading materials:
Full English draft translation, Finnish PDF
