Amusement park – trilogy
In year 2006, Timo Parvela and Virpi Talvitie got one of the most appreciated children’s book award in Finland, the Finlandia Junior for the book Seesaw. Seesaw is the first part of the Amusement park- trilogy. The trilogy follows the greatest traditions of the best children’s literature by covering philosophical topics such as: How to live with other people ? What is time ? How to become happy ?
The trilogy has been translated into xxx languages and they have been extremely popular in Asia. Seesaw has inspired many plays both in Finland and abroad.
Keinulauta, WSOY 2006