Mabel Merryweather and Two Santa Clauses

Noora Kunnas

Original title: Salmanterin Terttu ja kaksi joulupukkia

Author: Noora Kunnas

Illustrator: Teemu Juhani

Published: 2026

Publisher: Otava

Genre: Middle Grade (8-12 Years)

Pages: 173

Part of a series: Mabel Merryweather

Reading material:

German PDF books 1-2, Danish PDF book 1 and text book 2, Italian PDF book 1, Finnish PDF books 1-5 English sample books 1-4 and English synopsis all books

Supergranny and the kids are solving a Christmas-y mystery!

✓ 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.

✓ The Gotham Group is attached to develop the series as an English language for television.

The sixth installment in the lively children’s detective series. 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!

At Dalton’s amateur theatre, preparations for a Christmas play are in full swing. Yet not everything is quite right, strange things happen at night, and the fate of donations collected at the Christmas market has people talking. Suspicion falls on an odd-looking Santa, whose reindeer is a rather bewildering, scruffy elk.

Nick and Lilli, siblings visiting their neighbor Mabel, find themselves unraveling a festive mystery alongside a very special guest. Will they manage to save the Christmas play?

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Rights sold:
FINLAND: Otava (orig.)

About author

Noora Kunnas

Noora Kunnas is a children’s author from Helsinki, Finland. She has the knack for making both children and grownups laugh while they’re immersed in her zany books. She loves animals and British humor – she grew up watching Jeeves and Wooster and eating ice cream straight from the container. Kunnas draws her inspiration from the world of Roald Dahl. The trademark of her books is a nutty humor, spiced with quirky characters, as well as the titillating mood of various settings, where anything – and we mean anything – is possible.

Noora Kunnas has published eight children’s books at Otava (2015 – 2022),  and her works have been nominated for the prestigious Tiiliskivi and Lukuvarkaus literary prizes in Finland. She graduated from the Turku Academy of Arts with a degree in film.

Bibliography


2026, Middle Grade (8-12 Years)

Noora Kunnas

Mabel Merryweather and Two Santa Clauses


2026, Chapter Books (3-6 Years)

Noora Kunnas

Lulu Gets a Haircut


2025, Middle Grade (8-12 Years)

Noora Kunnas

Mabel Merryweather and the Gentle Genie


2022, Middle Grade (8-12 Years)

Noora Kunnas

Mabel Merryweather and the Crowbar Gala


2021, Middle Grade (8-12 Years)

Noora Kunnas

Mabel Merryweather and the Cheesy Mystery


2020, Middle Grade (8-12 Years)

Noora Kunnas

Mabel Merryweather and the King of Thieves


2019, Middle Grade (8-12 Years)

Noora Kunnas

Mabel Merryweather and the Miniature Pirates