Author: Saara Kekäläinen
Illustrator: Reetta Niemensivu
Finnish original: Valpuri ja karmiva kiukkupäivä
Publisher: Tammi, 2026
Genre: children’s illustrated fiction
Number of pages: 48 pp.
Reading material: Finnish original, English translation
From everyday routines to epic adventures in a nanosecond!
Penelope is a lovable, pint-sized bundle of energy whose boundless imagination inevitably transforms the most mundane tasks into astounding adventures. Penelope and the Big Baby Tooth Ballyhoo is the second work in a new series of picture books that began with Penelope and the Perilous Porridge, in which this intrepid heroine brought her breakfast to heel – meanwhile earning a nomination for the Finlandia Junior Prize.
In Penelope’s Bad Day (2026) she gets up on the wrong side of the bed and chaos ensues. But how do you know which side is the right one and which is the wrong one? And what is anger, and where does it come from? Does it follow her like a spy? Or maybe anger is some kind of sticky substance that you can only get rid of by throwing yourself on the floor and screaming?
About the author
Saara Kekäläinen