Loukko by 
Original title: Merkillinen matkalaukku
Author: Sanna Sofia Vuori
Illustrator: Silja-Maria Wihersaari
Published: 2025
Publisher: FINLAND: Tammi (orig.)
Genres: Picture Books (0-3 Years), Chapter Books (3-6 Years)
Pages: 40
Reading material:
Full English PDF, Swedish text
A suitcase full of wonders.
✓ Sanna-Sofia Vuori is a Runeberg Prize and Finlandia Junior Prize nominated children’s author
✓ The books by Sanna-Sofia Vuori are cosy read to both children and adults
✓ Traditional and utterly charming illustrations
✓ Rights sold to Taiwan!
A charming and enchanting children's tale.
"Daria Duck staggered down the hill, kicking up sand and wobbling her bowler hat. She was on her way to see her best friend, Froberta Frog."
Daria spots a battered suitcase in Froberta’s gateway. What on earth could be in it?
One by one, the neighbours turn up at Froberta's house to wonder about the strange suitcase. Each visitor invents a story about what might be inside that reflects their own personality. For example, Brynn Brimstone-Butterfly's imagination is full of fairies and dew beads. Shelley the Snail, on the other hand, thinks the contents will be a rockstar's guitar. Finally, the suitcase is opened and the contents delight everyone!
PRAISE:
"Sanna Sofia Vuori is a skilled writer who creates great drama with small means. There is a quirky finesse in letting the child herself imagine what happens to the friend gone astray."
– Hufvudstadsbladet newspaper, Finland (on Saana Sofia Vuori’s book Badger Goes Missing)
“To travel is to live.” — Hans Christian Andersen. Just as the great fairy tale master once said, every journey is a part of life. When a child opens The Magical Suitcase, they step into a story and discover the world—one page at a time, they embark on a beautiful journey of imagination and reading.”
- Gotop, Taiwanese publisher
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Rights sold:
FINLAND: Tammi (orig.), Förlaget (Finnish-Swedish), SWEDEN: Förlaget
TAIWAN: Gotop
