Princess Rascal and The Potty Words

Elina Hirvonen

Original title: Prinsessa Rämäpää ja vessasanat

Author: Elina Hirvonen

Illustrator: Mervi Lindman

Published: 2019

Publisher: Tammi

Genre: Picture Books (0-3 Years)

Pages: 42

Part of a series: Princess Rascal series

Reading material

Full English pdf, Finnish edition

Princess Rascal starts pre-school. She’s nervous about her new mates and new teacher. She is especially nervous about going to the toilet. When she uses toilet words in a completely wrong situation, she’s sure that she is the most embarrassing girl in the world. But a solution for the problem can be found in her secret treasure chest.

Praise:

“Princess Rascal is on the other hand a light and goofy book with toilet humor to entertain little listeners. Mervi Lindman’s illustrations are wonderfully expressive and fit the story excellently!”
– Lue meille äitikulta blog

"If a child can’t stop laughing at potty words, then this book is the best Christmas present. The book made such an impression on the 5-year-old in our family that it was read dozens of times a day for a week…. And in the starring role is Princess Rascal’sstunning imagination that rescues her from trouble!" – Janica Vilen, Turun Seutusanomat newspaper, Finland

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Rights sold:
FINLAND: Tammi (orig.)
CZECH REPUBLIC: Albatros Media
DENMARK: Gads Forlag
ESTONIAN: Kirjastus Elust Enesest

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About author

Elina Hirvonen

Elina Hirvonen is an award-winning Finnish novelist and documentary filmmaker whose work has been translated into multiple languages. Her debut novel When I Forgot was featured on the front page of The New York Times Book Review and received acclaim from The Independent, The Guardian, Financial Times, and The Globe and Mail.

Hirvonen has been awarded the Kalevi Jäntti Prize and the Nuori Aleksis Prize, and her work has been nominated for the prestigious Finlandia Prize.

Her recent documentary film, The Secret Reading Club of Kabul explores reading, resistance, and inner life under conditions of violence—questions that also resonate at the heart of her latest nove, The Logbook of Beauty.

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