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Lulu Gets a Haircut

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When a trip to the hairdresser is the worst thing that can happen!

A lively picture book full of surprising twists and turns.

When Mum announces in the morning that it’s Lulu’s hairdresser day, Lulu decides to resist.

Surely she could cut her fringe herself. If only Dad would reveal where the scissors are. Or perhaps Grandpa, who lives in the backyard, could help? As the appointment draws near, Lulu is nowhere to be found. At Grandpa’s, her parents discover only Timo Kurki, a pensioner exactly Lulu’s size, and Grandpa’s earthworm friend, Juho-Kusti. Will Lulu be found, and will her fringe get shorter?

Noora Kunnas’s joyful story dives into the heart of everyday family life, where an unwanted trip to the hairdresser turns into a hilarious adventure. Bringing Lulu’s inventive ideas to life are her wonderfully eccentric, actor‑turned grandpa and her cuddly anglerfish toy, Söpöliini. Marjo Nygård’s beautiful illustrations capture every shade of Lulu’s world!

Little Shop of Nightmares 5: The Terrible Trickster

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Do you dare enter the School of Witches?

The adventures of the hugely popular Little Shop of Nightmares continue with a magical twist. This large-format book is packed with ever more outrageous spells and ever more terrible tricks!

When Ninni arrives at The Little Shop of Nightmares, everything is upside down: Pertsa has become an ordinary boy, and the swamp octopus Lölli is now running the shop. It seems like pure witchcraft! Ninni and Pertsa set out to investigate at Kammola’s new witch school, but that’s where the real chaos begins. Worst of all, Ninni herself slowly begins to change… POOF!

The Little Shop of Nightmares series has already been translated into over 30 territories. Magdalena Hai’s delightfully funny text and Teemu Juhani’s humorous, detail-rich illustrations are an unbeatable combination!

The Stone Balloon

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✓ Gently explores themes of fairness, money and poverty, and childhood disappointment
✓ Celebrates imagination as a way of coping with difficult feelings
✓ The warm and honest tone resonates with both children and adults
✓ Maria Vilja is the winner of the Punni Children’s literature award + the Rudolf Koivu illustrators award, and a Finlandia Prize nominee!

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?

Award-winning author-illustrator Maria Vilja’s beautiful artwork captures both the joy of spring and the muddy moments of sorrow. The Stone Balloon does not shy away from difficult questions.

Benjamin Bateman and the Villains’ Game

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Percy Jackson meets Diary of a Wimpy Kid: a funny, action-packed hero story with real emotional insight for modern readers.

✓ A timely take on modern masculinity in the age of the manosphere
✓ An action-packed superhero story with a deeper emotional core: a hero’s journey shaped by emotional growth
✓ Offers positive role models for young readers, especially boys
✓ Series sold over 35,000 copies in Finland!

What if your superhero costume looked like a butterfly and your only superpowers would be having a good heart and a lively imagination? Welcome to the embarrassing life of Benjamin Bateman!

A cruel plot threatens to destroy the heroes’ brain cells… In the final part of this thrillingly exciting and hilariously funny series for school‑aged readers, the adventure goes straight for the emotions.

All the heroes have a new green phone they can’t bear to put down. Where did it come from? And how could anyone get them off their phone addiction, one that Benjamin has also gotten stuck in?

Benjamin, however, has a bigger problem to solve: he is supposed to fight his arch‑enemy Mortem. Or could friendship turn out to be stronger than the destructive power of hatre

Dad Man and the Secret Script

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Dad Man is a dad, and a policeman – but he also has a superpower! Too bad his superpower is one shared by almost all dads – an unwavering belief in himself and his own abilities. Dad Man truly believes he knows everything and can do anything, but as it goes with most dads, the reality is quite different. And it follows that Dad Man’s nine-year-old daughter Oona needs to solve all of the issues herself.

A new student arrives at Oona’s school, and he couldn’t care less about rules and throws everything into chaos. Cash Newmoney Junior can afford to do just that. As the spoiled son of an ultra-wealthy father, he seems to get anything he wants.

Oona’s best friend Eeli is completely dazzled by Cash, but Oona has her doubts. And Father Newmoney seems strange too: what is his top-secret project, and why are there places in the Newmoney family’s mansion that no one is allowed to enter? When people close to Oona, including Dad Man, start acting oddly, it begins to look like something far more twisted is in the works than anyone could imagine.

Books in the DAD MAN series:

#1: Dad Man and the Exploding Poop
#2: Dad Man and the Evil Little Brother
#3: Dad Man and the Horrible Hypnosis
#4: Dad Man and the Impossible Time Warp
#5: Dad Man and the Doppelgänger Disaster
#6: Dad Man and the Mysterious Puppet Master
#7: Dad Man and the Secret Script

Marsu and the Art of Floating Like a Water Lily

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From the internationally bestselling and award-winning author of Agnes and Monster Nanny comes a gently humorous children’s novel about Margo and her new family dynamics.

✓ Tuutikki Tolonen is an Arvid Lydecken award-winning author and her Monster Nanny series has been sold into 37 territories!
✓ Addresses the topic of two homes and separation from a child’s perspective in a realistic, comforting, and age-appropriate way.
✓ For the fans of Jacqueline Wilson.

“Kids. Tomorrow we’re having a family meeting.”

Nine-year-old Marigold, nicknamed Marsu, has her ordinary life turned upside down when her parents call a family meeting. Soon, instead of one home, they have two. Dad suddenly has a strange new beard, Mom buys a car and is learning to park and secretly cries, and her little brother, of course, doesn’t understand a thing – he’s just thrilled to have two sets of toys in two homes. The true nature of things becomes clear to the children only gradually. 

Marsu, on the other hand, sees everything with her new hawk-like vision. Marsu spots her dad marching alongside with a man, she doesn’t recognize. But even Marsu’s sharp gaze softens when she realizes that while her parents may be separating from each other, they’re not separating from their children.

Black Water

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✓ Engaging middle-grade horror, with mystery and heart-pounding adventure!

✓ Captivating and relatable variety of characters

✓ Book #1 (Darkclaw) won the 2024 Tähtipöllö Award and was tied for second place for Kuopus Award 2024!

✓ J. S. Meresmaa is a winner of 2020 & 2023 Kuopus Award, and a nominee in 2023 for Kuvastaja Award and Tähtifantasia Award 

✓ Monster Manor series is set in the same Monster-Finland world as the Monster Care series!  Children start with Monster Care and grow into Monster Manor for more adventures in a familiar world.

 

Fear always has friends. 

 

Aapo has started working at the Monster Manor, home to many types of monsters. When a sickly and foul-smelling mud creature needs help, he sets out on his first monster hunt with his new friends.

 

Aapo’s mind, however, is haunted by the blackdread’s attack that left a nasty scratch mark on his chest. Nobody knows what the blackdread’s claws might do to a human. Aapo’s mysterious colleague Usva is also an enigma. Many things about Usva and Monster Manor remind Aapo of his recently deceased grandfather. How are all these things connected? It feels as if darkness is spreading around Aapo…

Fleak

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✓ In the spirit of Pixar films – a magical tale that is  funny and moving.
✓ An adventure about resilience, family and the courage to face your fears
✓ Perfect for readers +8
✓  Film rights sold to 50 countries, including the USA, France, Spain, the Nordics, and Poland

The life of 11-year-old Tuomas is turned upside down when tagging along with his older sister and older brother leads to a horrible accident. Tuomas loses his ability to walk and ends up in a wheelchair.

Amid his gloomy thoughts, a spark of hope glistens when a mysterious creature appears in Tuomas’s room. The small, colorful creature that calls itself Fleak takes Tuomas to his home dimension where the newly-found friends are drawn into a fast-paced adventure.

Fleak is an enchantingly written and abundantly illustrated story about the power of imagination, courage, and friendship. The book is based on a Finnish animated film by the same name premiering in fall 2025.

Mabel Merryweather and the Gentle Genie

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Mabel Merryweather is BACK! Part five of the furiously funny children’s mystery series by a Finnish children’s book author who loves Roald Dahl and crazy stories!

✓ Series sold to 9 territories!
✓ Winner of the Prix Chronos 2023 in Switzerland! The prize honours books for children that depict conviviality and exchange between different generations.

What happens when Pippi Longstocking meets Miss Marple? Meet the eccentric supergranny Mabel Merryweather in this middle grade mystery series full of quirky characters and hilarious plot twists!

Book #5: Mabel Merryweather and the Gentle Genie
A well-known antiquarian arrives in Dalton to evaluate people’s old belongings. While rummaging through Mabel’s storage room, Nick and Lilly find an old bottle that has been inhabited by a genie who has now disappeared. According to Mabel, the genie fulfills all wishes but he is half deaf, meaning that the wishes are rarely fulfilled correctly.

People’s treasures start to disappear and other peculiar incidents are plaguing Dalton. A cruise ship appears on a lake and 15 muscle-flexing bodybuilders appear on the town square. It takes the ingenuity of Nick, Lilly, and Mabel and the help of the gentle genie to catch the villains.

Dad Man’s Idiotic Tales 2

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The quirkiest cop in town! The Dad Man Series offers fast-paced adventures and humour for all ages – especially lower middle grade.

✓ Bestselling series: over 200,000 copies sold in Finland!

✓ Rights sold to Germany (3 books) and Denmark (2 books)!

✓ Perfect for reluctant readers and for fans of David Walliams and Captain Underpants

✓ Books in the series have been recognized with Best Newcomer of the Year 2020, and the Runeberg Prize 2023!

✓ Bold and fresh 4-colour comic-book style artwork that add visual jokes to the narration

Dad Man is a dad, and a policeman – but he also has a superpower! Too bad his superpower is one shared by almost all dads – an unwavering belief in himself and his own abilities. Dad Man truly believes he knows everything and can do anything, but as it goes with most dads, the reality is quite different. And it follows that Dad Man’s nine-year-old daughter Oona needs to solve all of the issues herself.

Books in DAD MAN series:

#1: Dad Man and the Exploding Poop
#2: Dad Man and the Evil Little Brother
#3: Dad Man and the Horrible Hypnosis

#4: Dad Man and the Impossible Time Warp

#5: Dad Man and the Doppelgänger Disaster

#6: Dad Man and the Mysterious Puppet Master

Also available: bedtime storybooks from the DAD MAN universe Dad Man’s Idiotic Tales and Dad Man’s Idiotic Tales 2.

Stop Secret Mysteries #3: The Wicked Wave

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✓  A wildly creative series that blends laugh-out-loud humor with child-friendly mysteries that spark curiosity and engagement.

✓  Book #1 won the Runeberg Junior Honorary Prize 2024 and was nominated for the LukuVarkaus award!

✓ Miila Westin is a Finlandia Junior Prize-winning illustrator (2020), whose books have been sold into 14 languages!

✓  Ilona Ahti is an award-winning TV and film screenwriter and co-writer of the film Girl Picture, winner of the Sundance Film Festival Audience Award

Sea Sheep on the Horizon!

In the third book of this lively children’s series, the Stop Secret Club dives into a thrilling new mystery—right in the heart of summer! 

The gang sets off to spend Midsummer at Maisa’s cottage, but before they even arrive, the adventure begins! On the way, the friends encounter a shipwrecked sheep bobbing in the waves. 

But something strange is happening at the cottage. Smoke drifts from the fireplace – without a fire. A sure sign of a Sauna Elf. One clue leads to another, and soon the threads of a new mystery begin to unravel.

Get ready for cool splashes, wild waves, and a Midsummer mystery you won’t forget!

The Elf

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Eeli’s winter starts out promising as snow billows and the weather is near perfection for sledding. But how can one have fun when there is always someone bothering or bullying you? To Eeli’s dismay, Väinö enjoys sledding on the same slope as Eeli, leaving Eeli with no choice but to find something else to do. He can’t tell his mother about it, as his mother is still recuperating from an operation and she’s not to be worried. On top of everything, Eeli’s older sister Helmi is acting out and snappy.

 

Eeli´s life changes when he finds an ordinary looking red beanie in the snow and when it turns out that it is not an ordinary beanie after all…

Kaplamak – A Circus Summer

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Pastel dreamy circus magic! Step into the enchanting Kaplamak – a city where anything can happen! A place that you never want to leave. 

This irresistibly original children’s novel takes place in a magical city named Kaplamak in Southern Finland. Surprising events start to take place when Elle travels from Helsinki to her grandmother’s place in Kaplamak to spend her summer holiday there. The traditionally sleepy Finnish summer starts to get fantastical hues when no-one is what they seem to be…

It turns out that Elle’s grandmother does ‘all sorts of chores’ in the local circus. Elle quickly befriends a juggler named Blanka and gets caught up in a fascinating world that smells of sawdust and popcorn. However, it turns out that all the star performers of the circus have disappeared! When Elle starts to uncover this mystery, she realizes she has unforeseen powers and abilities of a private detective.

Monster Care #4: The Wily Water Devil

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A water devil is loose! All kinds of things happen in the easy-reading and exciting Monster Care series.

Lili and Lotta are spending their summer in the Monster Manor, a place that takes care of monsters. During the night, Lotta starts feeling homesick, but, luckily, her mind becomes occupied by a puzzling task: they have to catch an injured water devil who has left puddles all over the floor. How will they coax the elusive creature out of hiding?

Monster Care #3: The Horrific Hellcat

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The easy-reading and exciting Monster Care series continues. How does one tame a skittish hellcat?

Lili, Lotta, and twins Mia and Mateo find fool’s gold all over the floors of Monster Manor. The messy hellcat has managed to get into the manor! The children have their hands full in figuring out how to get the kitty safely out of the house. As it turns out, it is terrified of humans.

Monster Care #2: The Shiny Skeletonbird

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How does one tame a fierce skeleton bird? The easy-reading and exciting Monster Care series continues.

Lili and Lotta have settled down at their aunt Elviira’s place in Monster Manor that takes care of different monsters and curious creatures. Time itself behaves differently in the manor: morning is day and day is morning! The trainee monster carers accidentally wake up a sleeping skeleton bird. How to make the creature and its frighteningly brightly shining eyes calm down?

Monster Care #1: The Manor Misfits

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Lotta and Lili arrive in Monster Manor to spend their summer with their aunt Elviira. Aunt Elviira warns them of the ghosts in the manor, but the girls know that there are no such things. At night, however, they start to hear peculiar sounds, and a translucent figure appears from the wall. Might it be that ghosts do actually exist? And what if they are nice people after all?

An unforgettable summer is in store, as this place is not your average manor, but a monster manor full of proper ghosts and weird creatures!

Itty Bitty Princess: All Kinds of Emotions

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Bad temper, joy, love, and fear – all the emotions in the world fit into the life of Itty Bitty Princess!

 

✓ Bestselling series, over 700,000 copies sold!

✓ Funny, genuine, and filled with heart, the narration captures the authentic voice of a child,

✓ Rights of Itty Bitty sold to 6 territories

✓ Hannele Lampela has been awarded the prestigious Kaarina Helakisa Prize for her work and she has been nominated for the Runeberg Junior award 2019, the Storytel Finland Award 2020, and Arvid Lydecken Award four times, most recently in 2023

Itty Bitty Princess is slightly afraid to go to the child health clinic, as they could give her a little jab.

 

She is full of bubbling joy when she figures out how to persuade her mom to go on a fun adventure-filled trek. And her pride knows no bounds when, on a particularly beautiful day, she does all of her morning chores completely on her own.

 

In addition to love and all the other wonderful emotions, Itty Bitty Princess’s world also includes negative emotions such as envy and disgust which have their own time and place as well.

 

Nine captivating and fun stories where both Itty Bitty Princess and the readers learn how to recognize and process emotions.

 

Also available as Itty Bitty Princess chapter books:
Itty Bitty Princess and the Amazing Amusement Park

Itty Bitty Princess’s Teeny Bit Terrific Fairy Tales

Welcome, Christmas! 24 Little Mouse Stories

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Waiting for Christmas with Little Mouse! 

✓ The Little Mouse series has sold to 23 territories!

✓ Sold to Poland and Estonia pre-publication 

✓ There are also tips for Christmas crafts and activities.

✓ Atmospheric, stand alone Christmas book for the bestselling series!

Even though it’s the darkest time of the year, little mouse and her mother are not discouraged, as the anticipation of Christmas comes with many wonderful things. You can light candles, make snowflakes from tissue paper, build a snow mouse, and bake a gingerbread house. At the daycare, there are fun Christmas parties where they sing and play — but will there be an almond in Hiiru’s porridge? Little Mouse and her mother want to delight the squirrels in the forest by bringing them treats. During the Christmas cleaning, they find old treasures that deserve a new home with a child. And in the Christmas sauna, he becomes squeaky clean. When Christmas arrives, the air sparkles with a sprinkle of Christmas magic!

In this delightful collection of stories, Little Mouse and Mommy Mouse are preparing for the coming Christmas, one story at a time. The book also includes tips for what to do before and during Christmas.

 

Also available:

Little Mouse picture book series:

The Little Mouse series is an international bestseller with rights sold in over 20 territories. The stories focus on the toddler Little Mouse, who lives with Mummy Mouse and has fun and exciting adventures, whether they go camping, play in the park, or clean up the house in preparation for guests. The lovely illustrations and familiar scenarios make the series relatable for children.

#1: Little Mouse
#2: Little Mouse Helps Out
#3: Little Mouse’s Christmas
#4: Little Mouse’s Holiday
#5: Little Mouse’s Winter
#6: Little Mouse’s Summer
#7: Little Mouse Goes Camping
#8: Little Mouse and the Birthday Present
#9: Little Mouse Welcomes Spring

#10 Little Mouse Goes on a Cruise

Coming in Spring 2026 – book #11: Little Mouse Goes Flying

Little Mouse chapter book series:

The little mouse boy Hiiru, known from the beloved picture books, is ready for grade school where she’ll take on new adventures in illustrated chapter book form! What kind of mischief can happen during a normal school day?

#1: Little Mouse’s School Picture Day

#2: Little Mouse and the Amazing Universe

 #3: Little Mouse and Hilarious Halloween

The Only Beautiful Day of the Summer

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A life-affirming picture book about a summer day out including both laughter and tears, love and arguing, sunshine and thunder clouds. 

✓ Nominated for the 2024 Finlandia Prize in Children & YA literature and the Nordic Council’s Literature Prize 2025!
✓ Universally relatable theme that is tackled with powerful emotional honesty
✓ Maria Vilja is an author-illustrator with a background in social work and art education. She is also a winner of the Punni award.

Maria Vilja skillfully depicts the life of a family with children with all of its emotions. 

 

The sun and expectations are high when Eila and Aarno finally have a chance to go on a trek outdoors. Huffing and puffing, Mother is packing – something will definitely get forgotten. Then they run to catch the bus – and make it in just the nick of time! But when Aarno starts acting out and the camera gets broken, Mother loses her temper. Eila feels as if the sun has gone out at the very same moment.

 

Maria Vilja writes and draws about emotions and family relationships in a beautiful, sensitive way. A summer’s day includes both joy and tears, love and arguing, sunshine and thunderclouds. The message of the book is that everyone has a right to experience emotions, both children and adults. The hazy illustrations of the book are as if memories of a bygone summer. 

Dark Fairy’s Own Story

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Everyone seems to know what Dark Fairies are like and what they love to do. But has anyone ever actually asked one? 

✓ With this book children learn important lessons about courage, kindness, and prejudice.

✓ In 2023, Elina Hirvonen received the WSOY Literary Foundation Award, recognizing the artistic independence and high standards of her writing

✓ Stand alone book in Princess Rascal series

“This is my story, and I am going to tell it myself-”

 

In this tender and beautifully illustrated picture book, a dark fairy finally gets the chance to speak for itself. Should we be afraid of it? How did it end up under the bed? What was the turning point in its life? And what does a dark fairy fear…or dream of?

Written by Elina Hirvonen and illustrated by Mervi Lindman, this delightful story gives voice to an often-misunderstood Dark Fairy, teaching important lessons about courage, kindness, and overcoming prejudice through the monster’s own words and experiences.

Also available: 

Princess Rascal (2017)

Princess Rascal and The Potty Words (2019)

Princess Rascal and the Quarrel Spell (2021)

Princess Rascal and the Dark Fairy (2024)

Itty Bitty Princess and the Fart Fairy’s Surprise Clean-Up

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This new Itty Bitty Princess picture book teaches, in true Itty Bitty style, how to keep the children’s room a little tidier and help adults keep their cool.

✓ Itty Bitty Princess, the loveliest, naughtiest, and kindest girl in the world! 

✓ Bestselling series, 700,000 copies sold!

✓ Itty Bitty Princess film released in 2024 and second one in development!

✓ Rights of Itty Bitty Princess sold to 6 territories!

 
✓ Hannele Lampela has been awarded the prestigious Kaarina Helakisa Prize for her work and she has been nominated for the Runeberg Junior award 2019, the Storytel Finland Award 2020, and Arvid Lydecken Award four times, most recently in 2023

Itty Bitty is supposed to clean her room, but she hates cleaning!

Itty Bitty’s dad believes the house should always be neat and tidy, while Itty Bitty thinks it’s perfectly fine to live in a bit of a mess! After all, playing is way more fun than cleaning. Luckily, Itty Bitty comes up with the idea that the Fart Fairy can take care of the cleaning for her. But to her surprise, Dad has his own exciting cleaning plan — and together they find a compromise that makes everyone happy.

Through this story, children will discover the magic of cleaning and finally learn how to keep their rooms in order — for the sake of both grown-ups and fart fairies. 

At the end of the book, a magical cleaning trick is revealed to help keep the home a little tidier. Yay!

Also available – Itty Bitty Princess picture books (3+):
Itty Bitty Princess and the Truth About Babies (2022)

Little Mouse’s Hilarious Halloween

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The third book in the heartwarming adventures of Little Mouse as a school kid  takes a spine-tingling turn with a Halloween sneak-about!

✓ The Little Mouse series has sold to 23 territories!

✓ Sold to Poland pre-publication

✓ Action-packed and humorous trick-or-treat!

Candy and Chills!

The students are buzzing with excitement! It’s Halloween, and they get to wear costumes to school and eat candy during lessons! But Little Mouse is feeling down. Her backpack has gone missing, along with all her treats, her pencil case, books, house keys, and even her phone!

Can the magic dice show her the way to her lost bag, or will they lead her deep into the shadows of the school’s spooky basement?

Also available:


#1 Little Mouse’s School Picture Day
The little mouse Hiiru, known from the beloved picture books, is ready for grade school where she’ll take on new adventures in illustrated chapter book form! What kind of mischief can happen during a normal school day?

#2 Little Mouse and the Amazing Universe

Another adventure of a relatable little mouse as he goes to school. The kids receive an interesting school assignment from space. Which planet is the largest or smallest? Which one is the best of all?

Meet the Hedgehog Family

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From the pure Nordic nature! Hannu Laakso’s gorgeously photographed Animal Family series is an easy-to-read book suitable for animal lovers of all ages. 

✓ Hannu Laakso is a renowned photographer, having won over 130 international awards!

✓ Hannu Laakso’s Animal Family book series received an award from the Finnish state in 2023

✓ Meet the Fox Family and Meet the Bear Family sold to Italy!

✓ Great read for the whole family! 

✓ Encouraging children to read books while inspiring them on nature

Through intimate and vibrant photographs, follow the adventures of animal families – and learn. 

Little hedgehogs who have wandered off without a mother have been rescued by an animal protection society, soon to be released back into the wild. The tiny hedgehogs rejoice on the first day of their second life, but then strange things start to happen. The babies are threatened by a beast they have never seen before. Is curling up into a ball still enough to defend themselves?

The Animal Family series’ adventurous stories and stunning photographs inspire children to read and strengthen their connection with nature. The Animal Family series includes: Meet the Fox Family, Meet the Bear Family, Meet the Wolf Family, Meet the Bird Family and Meet the Reindeer Family. The latest book in the series, MEET THE HEDGEHOG FAMILY, is a readers’ request!

Laakso mixes vibrant and intimate photographs with playful yet educational text from a baby animal’s point of view. The series helps readers understand nature with an up-close view of the lovable animals. 

Stop Secret Mysteries #2: The Mud Puddle Ghost

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A funny middle-grade mystery series for fans of Roald Dahl.

✓ Book #1 won the Runeberg Junior Honorary Prize 2024!

✓ Miila Westin is a Finlandia Junior Prize winning illustrator (2020) and her books have been sold into 14 languages!

✓ Ilona Ahti is an award-winning TV and film script writer and co-writer of the film Girl Picture, which won the Sunday Film Festival Audience Award and was the Finnish submission to the Oscars 2022

Stop Secret’s hilarious adventures continue!

In the second part of this entertaining middle grade series, a super-secret puddle mystery is solved. Hilla, Maisa and Roni-Toni’s stumble across a bottomless puddle of water, which swallows the friends’ football. The Stop Secret Crew is needed again, and Mitsi, the world-traveling grandma, and the incredibly funny sock monster Hikisukka Hirmunen also join to help. There are going to be wild twists, swinging dancing feet and a lot of twisting and turning before the puzzle is solved…

How many more sleeps until Christmas, Itty Bitty Princess?

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A Christmas Calendar Book For All Impatient People

24 magical stories about Itty Bitty Princess’ journey to Christmas.

✓ The first Itty Bitty Princess film aired in 2024 – you can see the trailer here! A second film planned for 2025!

✓ Rights for the bestselling standalone picture books featuring Itty Bitty Princess have been sold to 6 territories

✓ Hannele Lampela has been awarded the prestigious Kaarina Helakisa Prize for her work and she has been nominated for the Runeberg Junior award 2019, the Storytel Finland Award 2020, and Arvid Lydecken Award four times, most recently in 2023

Itty Bitty Princess is impatiently waiting for Christmas. And believe it or not, every single night a little elf peeks in the window and looks to see what Itty Bitty Princess has been up to!

The days counting down to Christmas can fit magic, cakes, and gingerbread – and many, many questions. Among other things, about elves, kindness and why some get much bigger gifts than others or why some get to be angels in the Christmas play and others have to be donkeys.

Princess Rascal and the Dark Fairy

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A picture book about being scared of the dark

Shows day-to-day challenges of families with children with a lot of warmth and humor
Rights in series sold into 5 languages
Would a crown of courage or a string of pearls with happy things help in the dark?

Beloved Princess Rascal is a little girl with big feelings and magical powers. The popular picture book series continues!

Princess Rascal stays awake all night, because there’s a monster under her bed. No one believes that, but Princess Rascal knows it’s true. She feels that no one else has such big worries and that no one else is even afraid of anything! Somehow this problem has to be solved: could there be something in Princess Rascal’s toy box that could help?

The Princess Rämäpää series by Elina Hirvonen and Mervi Lindman takes the reader on magical adventures that can be found right in the middle of everyday life, as long as you have enough imagination.

Little Mouse’s School Picture Day

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Little Mouse is all grown up! A new chapter book series featuring the protagonist from the beloved picture book series that sold into 21 territories!

✓ Introducing the beloved picture book character to young readers 5+!

The little mouse boy Hiiru, known from the beloved picture books, is ready for grade school where he’ll take on new adventures in illustrated chapter book form! What kind of mischief can happen during a normal school day?

Hiru and his friends are dressed up to get their pictures, and the class photo, taken that afternoon. Will the outfits stay clean until the shoot even though the kids are playing soccer and eating lunch? And what will happen to Hiiru when his head gets stuck in a chair right before the shoot?

This easy-to-read chapter-book series with black-and-white illustrations is cheerful and bursting with gentle humor. Little mouse and his friends will discover that when a problem is big, help is always nearby!

Dad Man’s Idiotic Tales

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A Bedtime storybook from the DAD MAN universe

✓ Bestselling series: over 200,00 copies sold in Finland!

✓ Rights sold to Germany (2 books) and Denmark (2 books)!

✓ Perfect for reluctant readers and for fans of David Walliams and Captain Underpants

✓ All books in the series have been nominated for the Storytel awards Best children’s audiobook prize!

 ✓ Books in the series have also been recognized with Best Newcomer of the Year 2020, and the Runeberg Prize 2023!

✓ Bold and fresh 4-colour comic-book style artwork that add visual jokes to the narration

✓ Work as standalones and can be read in any order!

✓ For fans of David Walliams and Captain Underpants

Dad Man’s fairy tales are anything but sleepy! Dad Man’s Idiotic Tales is a collection of 10 fast-paced and entertaining stories featuring the characters of the hugely popular Dad Man Series in entirely new adventures. All stories work perfectly as independent narratives and are accessible even for children who aren’t familiar with the book series yet. These Dad Man bedtime stories make it even easier for reluctant readers to discover the joy of reading.

The Secrets of Grimhill: The Blood Red Crystal

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A captivating middle-grade trilogy about being an outsider, of friendship, bravery, and loss.

  • A mystery adventure trilogy where nothing is what it seems
  • The atmospheric setting, strong characters and unique plotlines make this an irresistible read
  • Series trailer in English available

The shadows over the castle grow, and no one is safe…

In the second part of the trilogy, fate leads the children from the shelter of Grimhill’s walls to the dark alleys of the city and nightly meadow.

The cold autumn winds are blowing, and a new school year begins in Grimhill. Oskar, Robin and Vilma meet again with the familiar staff of the sanatorium and the new head doctor, Hjalmar Klemet. All seems to be well on the surface, but underneath the surface the friendship between the trio is put to the test: Robin spends more and more time with the girl who arrived at the sanatorium in the spring and Vilma retreats more into her own world. The disturbing noises during the night are getting louder again and won’t leave Oskar alone. The final piece of the map leading to the forest is finally found, and the children learn of a mysterious and life-threatening task. A task that only the three of them can complete.

The Secrets of Grimhill: Seven Lily-of-the-Valleys

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A captivating middle-grade trilogy about being an outsider, of friendship, bravery, and loss.

  • A mystery adventure trilogy where nothing is what it seems
  • The atmospheric setting, strong characters and unique plotlines make this an irresistible read
  • Series trailer in English available
  • For fans of Astrid Lindgren and Harry Potter

The thoughtful and elaborate opening of a middle-grade trilogy opens the doors to the mysterious Grimhill sanatorium, where secrets and dangers lurk both on the labyrinthine corridors as well as in the surrounding forest.

Oskar is a perfectly average boy living with his parents in the red brick house by the biggest market square in the city. Everything changes when he is diagnosed with a serious illness. His parents send him to the remote Grimhill sanatorium, which from the very first moments feels suspicious and off-putting – and the staff don’t make it better. It seems like they are hiding something. Together with his new friends Robin and Vilma, Oskar gets pulled into a compelling adventure as they try to find out what is behind the ominous voices in the night. And what is hiding within the cold forest which seems to enchant the children?

The Secrets of Grimhill: Seven Lily-of-the-Valleys begins an exciting and warm trilogy where nothing is what it seems.

The Rescuers Julia and Charlie

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Toy Story meets The Avengers in this exciting 3-book series where plush animals have super powers.

  • Realistic worries for young children are combined with sci-fi elements and a superhero adventure story!

The Plush Animal League and their secret plush animal agents are there for children in need! But what if one of their own needs help?

Twelve-year-old Julia is spending more and more time with her friends, and Nis, the plush animal agent, is feeling lonely. Nis is haunted by memories of his childhood spent as an abandoned and misfit toy on a store shelf, until he became Julia’s friend. Many of the other top fluffy agents of the World Council of Stuffed Animals also feel unneeded. The World Council gets a bunch of therapy alpacas to help the depressed agents, but will help arrive before it’s too late?

A toy manufacturer invites Nis to join him and leave the World Council once and for all. When Julia realises her stuffed animal is gone, she decides to stop time. She doesn’t want to grow up, if growing up means parting ways with her childhood best friend, plush animal agent Nis.

Julia and Charlie are determined to uncover the true identity of the Toy manufacturer. As the children grow old, is it possible for them to keep the most important things from their childhood?