Tags archives: childrens-books

Kairi Look: An Author Who Treads Boundaries

by Annika A. Koppel
ELM 2/2023
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Kairi Look’s first children’s book, Ville the Lemur Flies the Coop, was published in 2012. The author herself could very well be that lemu...

Liis Sein
Mona's Dad Has Some Ideas

by Kairi Look
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Liis Sein began her writing career with plays that have been both staged, and awarded in playwriting competitions. She also co-wrote the sc...

Kadri Kiho, Stella Salumaa
Endel and Kati

by Jaanika Palm
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The success of Endel and Kati, by Kadri Kiho and Stella Salumaa, began with winning first place in the Knee-High Book Competition for child...

Jaanus Vaiksoo
Shoe #41

By Kadri Naanu
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Shoe #41 by Jaanus Vaiksoo is a new addition to the series that follows the adventures of 12-year-old Paul Fifth and his best friends, Min...

Kätlin Kaldmaa
Lydia

by Loone Ots
ELM 2/2022
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Kaldmaa’s Lydia is the story of a little girl who grows up to become an esteemed poet. The author undertook the daring task of writing...

Anti Saar
Anni’s Things

Kairi Look
ELM 1/2022
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Every new book Anti Saar writes holds a surprise in terms of both topic and style. He has published close to a dozen works; including young...

Kertu Sillaste
Help!

Jaanika Palm
ELM 1/2022
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Kertu Sillaste has already been a familiar name to fans of Estonian children’s literature for more than a decade. After initially illustrat...

Piret Raud
The Rooted Garden

Jaanika Palm
ELM 1/ 2022
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Although The Rooted Garden is a small book in a soft pink color palette, its message is tremendous and provides a feast of food for thought...

Kadri Hinrikus
The Elephant

Jaanika Palm
ELM 1/2022
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Kadri Hinrikus’s books let the brighter side of life shine through, and are ideal for when dark clouds of worry crowd one’s thoughts or unf...

Jaanus Vaiksoo
Shoe #39

By Helena Koch
ELM 1/2020
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Ärkel 2019, 184 pp9789949727223 Jaanus Vaiksoo’s Shoe #39 tells the story of 11-year-old Paul, who skips school for the first time in hi...