White Ravens’99/Finland/79871
Helakisa, Kaarina (text)  
 Castren, Taru (illus.)
 Aapelus. Aakkosloruja ja hassuja satuja
 (Aapelus. Alphabet nursery rhymes and crazy 
 fairy tales)
 Helsinki: Kolibri, 1998. 53pp
 ISBN 951-576-998-1
 Alphabet - Nursery rhyme - Nonsense
 Kaarina Helakisa (1946-1998) is a famous Finnish author who has received several prizes for her life’s
 work. A virtuos with words, Helakisa modernized the nursery rhyme tradition in Finland. She also uses
 nonsense in her modern fairytales. The innovation in this picture book is to hide the letters of the alphabet
 in the colourful and humorous illustrations and let the child discover them by himself. (5+)

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