A book of all the best things to make you feel happy!
Author: Hannamari Ruohonen
Finnish original: Kaisan ja Oskarin lempikirja
Publisher: S&S, 2018
Genre: Illustrated Children’s Fiction
Number of pages: 30 pp.
Reading material: Finnish original, English translation
Kaisa’s and Oskar’s Book of Favourites contains all the things the siblings love the very most: the best, the most exciting and the tastiest. Things that make them happy include the swing, making a cabin and cleaning the house with all the family – as well as the soft, furry cat, and baking, and walking in the forest, and jigsaws, and…
This picture book of good cheer brings warmth to its account of a brother and sister and their everyday joys. The gentle colour pencil drawings complement the intimate story, which breathes the atmosphere of old-fashioned children’s books.
“The very best of our favourite things is the dressing-up box. There are long skirts, which Oskar wears. The more skirts, the more impressive the princess.
The box also contains grandpa’s old tie, which makes a silk tail for the cat. And grandma’s old false teeth. You can put them in your mouth when you want to look really awful.”
Kaisa’s and Oskar’s Book of Favourites (2018), about a pair of siblings’ best-loved things, received a sequel in 2019, Kaisa’s and Oskar’s Book of Outings.
Also available:
Kaisa’s and Oskar’s Book of Outings (2019)
My Lost Mother (2017)
About the author:
Hannamari Ruohonen