Loukko by 
Original title: Juuli, isoveli ja hurja liuku
Author: Maria Vilja
Published: 2025
Publisher: WSOY
Genre: Picture Books (0-3 Years)
Pages: 40
Part of a series: Juuli series
Reading material:
Full English draft translation, Finnish PDF
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.
Juuli and her big brother get to go to the water park with Grandma and Grandpa. Juuli claims she’s definitely brave enough to go down the water slide, and of course her big brother says the same! But when the children have climbed all the way to the top, their legs suddenly feel strangely heavy... Which one will dare to slide down the wild water slide?
“Swimming halls are, in many ways, places that help you learn and grow: people come in so many shapes and sizes! Is it okay to stare? How do we talk about others? [--] Maria Vilja’s delightful illustrations show the women in the saunas and the spa’s ‘blue atmosphere.’ A series about Juuli is in the works, and I, for one, can’t wait for the next installment.”
– Aino Frilander, Helsingin Sanomat newspaper
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