The Woodland Light
by Kaisa Happonen & Anne Vasko
Mur ja metsän valo, Tammi 2024, 168pp, 148mm x 210mm (portrait)
This beautiful new collection of wise and charming bedtime stories from the forest follows the success of The Woodland Night!
Dutch, German Italian, Hungarian, Estonian, and Polish rights to the two books already sold!
Each story in this new collection explores the theme of light in a playful and unique way, while offering wisdom to see what truly matters. On surface, the stories merely guide readers on a n eventful journey through the forest alongside a bear cub, a moose, and other familiar woodland creatures. Yet, the effect on the reader and listener is profound.
RIGHTS SOLD: Finnish Tammi (orig.), Estonian (Koolibri), German (Carl Hanser), Hungarian (Luther Kiadó), Italian (DeAgostini)
Materials available: Finnish edition, Finnish-Swedish edition (Murr och Skogens Ljus, Tammi 2024)
Praise:
“The Woodland Night is able to tell how to gently guide your soul in difficult situations. Each story is cathartic.”
“There are picture books ,and there are PICTURE BOOKS. Happonen and Vasko’s books belong to the latter category.”
Kaisa Happonen is an inventive author who writes for children and young adults. Kaisa’s spirit is bright and wise, which shines through in everything she does. She holds a master’s degree in Drama and Communications from the University of Jyväskylä.
Anne Vasko (née Peltola) is a award-winning picture book author and illustrator whose work reflects her creativity, compassion and open-mindedness. Anne loves Nordic nature and draws inspiration from the nature around her in her native Finland. Her acclaimed portfolio is vast, and she has been ALMA nominee in 2017, and 2021. Explore her work further at annevasko.com
Together Kaisa and Anne have created an award-winning picture book series about a little bear cub MUR that has been translated in twenty languages to date. Their sweet bear cub also makes a cameo-appearance in their two acclaimed storybooks filled with charming and wise stories from the Nordic woods: The Woodland Night (Metsän ilta, Tammi 2024) and The Woodland Light (Metsän valo, Tammi 2024).
Photo © Milka Alanen/Courtesy of Tammi Publishers. All rights reserved.
