Written works

Ricky and his best friend Nelli go on a summer vacation to Aurinkosaari, where the strict aunt Elvi is the hostess of the resort. The holiday goes well despite Elvi's ordering around, but then a fashionably dressed, really really cool girl Venla appears! Tammi 2023, illustration by Christel Rönns.

The book Ricky Rapper's movie songs contains 18 songs composed by Iiro Rantala, which come from the successful films Ricky Rapper and the strongman and Ricky Rapper and the wrong Vincent (Solar Films, 2019 and 2020). Sinikka Nopola, Tiina Nopola and Matias Nopola have written the lyrics. January 2020, illustration by Christel Rönns.

Aunt Rauha gets it into her head that Risto is Vincent van Gogh reincarnated. Even Aunt Elvi gets excited: "Yes, we will make an artist out of him!". A version of the classic book with a film cover and behind the scenes photos published in honor of the movie of the same name. Tammi 2020.

Aunt Rauha hosts a relative of Ara's son Räppääj, she plans to make shy Elmeri brave and confident. The "little guy" annoys Risto, he thinks Elmeri is terribly childish. Aunt Elvi has her very own recipe for getting the kids up and running: all you have to do is shout "up, out and run". Tammi 2019, illustration by Christel Rönns.

Ricky and Nelli meet Bill and Sylvester Pöntinen, a father-son pair preparing for the weightlifting competitions. A familiar story as a film book with a movie poster cover and more. Tammi 2019.

Hayflower has started school, where she learns a lot of new and exciting things. Quiltshoe is lonely at home in the morning when there is no one to play with. The familiar story in a new edition with a film cover and a photo supplement in honor of the movie. Tammi 2020, illustration by Salla Savolainen.

Quiltshoe is lonely, because Hayflower has gone to badminton camp. Alibullen's ladies Helga and Halise find Quiltshoe a new friend, Anita the chicken. The blanket slipper teaches it tricks, and the chicken turns out to be surprisingly docile. Tammi 2019, illustration by Salla Savolainen.

Quiltshoe looks at the guardian angel painting on the wall of Alibullen's ladies and says to Halise: You can be an angel because you are soft and round. After a while, Halise, who agrees, already has a nightgown on and wings on her back. She is ready to "appear" to Hayflower, who doesn't believe in angels enough, in Quiltshoes opinion. Tammi 2018, illustration by Salla Savolainen.

Christmas is a week away, and Quiltshoe is afraid that she won't get enough Christmas presents. At home, the kind and hard-working Hayflower is praised as the child of Christmas, but what on earth does Quiltshoe have to do to achieve the same? Many comical antics and skirmishes lie ahead before Santa Claus comes and the whole family gets to play elves with Isonapa and Rillirousku and the Alibullen ladies. January 2017, illustration by Salla Savolainen.

A familiar story now on the big screen! The book is published in honor of the movie in a new outfit; the cover and appendix photos come directly from the shooting locations. Tammi 2017, illustration by Salla Savolainen.

Siri and the Otto's get excited about growing pumpkins, because they want to organise a pumpkin festival. However, it is not an easy task. Siri's pumpkin doesn't grow, even though she waters it diligently. Then Siiri hears that pumpkins like music. Tammi 2019, illustration by Mervi Lindman.

Siiri and little Otto get excited about growing carrots. They thin and water their crops and wait anxiously to taste their first home-grown carrot. One morning there's a hole in the carrot bed and one of the carrots is gone! The next morning, another one is gone. Who is taking Siiri's and Otto's carrots? January 2018, illustration by Mervi Lindman.

In a sport contest, little-Otto is overcome with fear when he is supposed to jump high. He sneaks out of the contest and uses a new friend, Kasper, as an excuse. When little-Otto looks at the clouds, he imagines that Kasperi lives inside the clouds. Siiri and Otto's try to spy on little-Otto and find out who Kasperi really is. Tammi 2017, illustration by Mervi Lindman.

Siri sees a program on television about children jumping hurdles on stick horses. "I want to ride a stick horse too!" Siri exclaims. She builds a stick horse from a wool sock and a brush handle and gallops to little-Otto's house. "Its name is Happy Horsey", says Siiri. Tammi 2016, illustration by Mervi Lindman.

Siri and little-Otto are building a sandcastle on the beach. Middle-Otto and big-Otto have new snorkels and fins. They wade inflatablely into the water to dive. -I can't dive, Siri tells little-Otto. -I can, praises little-Otto and runs into the water with the swimming ring. What happens when Siri wants to learn to dive? Tammi 2015, illustration by Mervi Lindman.

Erkki's father and mother are worried because Erkki hasn't written to Santa Claus. "I'm afraid that Erkki is not in the mood for Christmas at all," says his mother. "He told me about some flake boy," says the father. Erkki stands by the window and stares at the snowflakes that have stuck to the screen. "Erkki is counting snowflakes," his mother whispers. "It's not normal," the father says. "Especially around Christmas," Mom continues. Published 2013, illustration by Markus Majaluoma.

Erkki is a little boy who only speaks when it's necessary. He doesn't run and riot, but prefers to sit on the grass and watch the butterflies. In his parents opinion, Erkki should have some kind of hobby, but in Erkki's opinion neither football nor high jump compares to the peaceful study of butterflies. Published 2010, illustration by Markus Majaluoma.

Erkki grows, drives a tractor with his father and milks a cow with his mother. Erkki is a regular happy boy, but his father and mother wonder: "Is Erkki too calm? Published 2001, illustration by Markus Majaluoma.

Simo and Sonia in the fake grandmother's trap. Finnish Simo and Indian Sonia live in the same family. When their parents travel to Sonia's mother's home country, Simon's grandmother, who lives in the north, promises to take care of the children. Published 2014, illustration by Linda Bondestam.

What happens when the colors move from Kerala, India to Kerava, Finland? Sonia lives with her mother in Kerala, India, Simo with his father in Kerava. A story about friendship, the differences between worlds and their unification. Published 2009, illustrated by Linda Bondestam.

Puupponen falls in love with a sweet Parisian mouse girl, while curious Gekko decides to find out the background of his friend's crush. Published 2011, illustrated by Linda Bondestam.

Busybody Gekko decides to take Puupponen as a friend, because Puupponen never says no to anything. When Gekko hears that Puupponen's father was named von Pudelsson, wheat-colored and from Sweden, he figures that he has to go looking for the father in Stockholm's royal circles. Published 2010, illustrated by Linda Bondestam.