Let’s go on an adventure. And maybe get lost, but only a tiny bit!
Author: Hannamari Ruohonen
Finnish original: Kaisan ja Oskarin retkikirja
Publisher: S&S, 2019
Genre: Illustrated Children’s Fiction
Number of pages: 32 pp.
Reading material: Finnish original, English translation
Kaisa and Oskar think that outings are one of the best things in the world. You can go on an outing almost anywhere and at any time; you just need a little bit of imagination. You can go on an outing to the playground of the day nursery when its gate is closed, or into the grassy jungle surrounding a ditch, or you can go on a ghost hunt with torches into the cellar, or you can just sit with Granny on a park bench to watch people. Sometimes you can take yourself to a neighbour’s front door and get invited in.
Kaisa’s and Oskar’s Book of Outings tells about the everyday pleasures of the siblings. The first book about them, Kaisa’s and Oskar’s Book of Favourites, came out in 2018.
“The book, illustrated with coloured pencils, contains small funny observations which children can easily identify with, such as Kaisa licking all the butter off hot bread rolls before it can melt. Different everyday favourite things follow each other and the atmosphere is pretty idyllic.”
– Helsingin Sanomat newspaper on Kaisa’s and Oskar’s Book of Favourites
Also available:
Kaisa’s and Oskar’s Book of Favourites (2018)
My Lost Mother (2017)
About the author:
Hannamari Ruohonen