With Penelope any mundane task turns into a wild adventure in fantasy land.
Author: Saara Kekäläinen
Illustrator: Reetta Niemensivu
Finnish original: Valpuri ja uskomaton uniseikkailu
Publisher: Tammi, 2025
Genre: children’s illustrated fiction
Number of pages: 48 pp.
Reading material: Finnish original, English translation
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 Hurly-Burly (2025) it’s bedtime. Dad wants Penelope to go to sleep, but she has too much going on, and sleep won’t come. Penelope tries to go to Dreamland with a flying carpet, and starts to question whether her bed really is a bed or rather a secret portal, or maybe a bed-shaped trampoline? How can she know if she’ll have a nice dream or a nightmare? And where does sleep hide during the day? Penelope is ready for anything, but thankfully a good night’s sleep awaits.
Also available:
Penelope and the Perilous Porridge (2022)
Penelope and the Big Baby Baby Tooth Ballyhoo (2023)
Penelope and the Curious Clothing Commotion (2024)
The Princess Who Did a Runner (2022)
About the author:
Saara Kekäläinen