Month: August 2024

Free, the latest illustrated children’s book by Eppu Nuotio and Sanna Pelliccioni (ill.) is the protagonist of an exhibition in Haapsalu, organised by the Finnish Institute in Estonia.

In Free, it is a warm summer day, and a very special one. A human chain is formed to peacefully manifest for peace, and it is also the day a little girl has lost a key, and sets out to find it. Over the course of the day, as everyone joins the chain, she also learns that any lock will open if you find the right key and that there’s power in joining forces to change the world.

Human chains are a peaceful form of demonstration with examples all over the world. For the Baltics, the most notable example is the human chain formed on August 23, 1989: on that day over 2 million people joined a Baltic-wide human chain demonstrating for peace and independence.

To celebrate 35 years from the event, an exhibition with Free as its protagonist is being hosted at the REaD bookshop in Tallinn.

Free is part of an illustrated children’s books trilogy by Eppu Nuotio and Sanna Pelliccioni with a focus on history and historical events seen through the eyes of children. The first instalment of the series, Sent Across The Sea, won Sanna Pelliccioni the Plaque Award by the Biennal of Illustrations Bratislava for her illustrations, marking the first Finnish win in decades.

Don’t miss out on this title!

We’ll Just Ride Past by Ellen Strömberg is travelling to Poland, where it will be published by Dwie Siostry.

We’ll Just Ride Past continues its journey out into the world as the Polish rights to the work have been acquired by Dwie Siostry.

We’ll Just Ride Past won the August Prize, the most prestigious literary prize in Sweden, in 2022 and its rights has already been sold for Italian, Korean, Slovenian and Catalan. In We’ll Just Ride Past we follow Manda and Malin, two best friends in a small town where nothing ever happens. The girls are known as the Bicycles, because they’re always riding around looking for excitement, be it people to hang out with, a party, a little love – anything goes. One day Malin develops a crush on a guy working at the local pizzeria, and a series on events – both fun and not so fun – begins to unfold. We’ll Just Ride Past is an accurate portrayal of a moment in life where it’s perfectly normal to change style and music taste every week and the world awaits.

 Dwie Siostry is a highly acclaimed Warsaw-based publishing house specialised in high-quality children’s and YA literature. It is the Polish home of, among others, A Giraffe’s Heart Is Unbelievably Large.

Warmest congratulations to the author and the publisher!