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Kidzone Christmas Calendar: Online Advent Calendar Highlights Favourite Christmas Stories From the Land of Santa Claus
Kidzone Christmas Calendar: Online Advent Calendar Highlights Favourite Christmas Stories From the Land of Santa Claus

LONDON, November 22 /PRNewswire/ --

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- Kidzone Finland, a Fun, Educational Website for Schoolchildren, Captures the Countdown to Christmas With an Online Advent Calendar Offering Fascinating Stories and Illustrations From Finland - the Home of Santa Claus. For a Taster of What is to Come, Click on the Window Number One at http://www.kidzonefinland.org.uk/christmas.

Over 24 days the free Christmas calendar will take young readers on a journey of extraordinary tales and hilarious pictures from contemporary Finnish literature. The windows open daily to captivating stories from Finland's most popular children's authors and illustrators: Mauri Kunnas, Pekka Vuori, Aino Havukainen and Sami Toivonen.

The calendar is produced by the Embassy of Finland in London, in co-operation with Otava Publishing (http://www.otava.fi).

About Kidzone Finland:

Kidzone Finland is a fun, interactive and educational website for British school pupils aged 7-11 years. It is designed to help children explore Finland's unique landscape, culture and lifestyle. It offers parents and teachers an accessible tool to support their children's discovery of another country and a bigger world outside their own.

Writers and illustrators featured:

- Santa Claus by Mauri Kunnas

Mauri Kunnas is one of Finland's most successful children's authors but his popularity is international: 40 of his books have been published in 22 languages in 24 countries with an aggregate print-run of over 5 million copies. His best-known book, Santa Claus, has been translated into 18 languages, and has sold more than a million copies. Kunnas offers the little reader unparalleled joy of discovery: his brilliantly coloured illustrations are filled with delightful and humorous details.

- Tatu and Patu - This is Finland by Aino Havukainen and Sami Toivonen

Together, Aino Havukainen and Sami Toivonen have written and illustrated several books for children. Their literary heroes Tatu and Patu, two boisterous brothers, are familiar to many Finnish children. Since the boys usually behave in unexpected ways and act differently from others, their home is called >>Outola<< (a place for strangers). Colourful, cartoon-like illustrations, with plenty of funny details to discover, complement the vibrant text.

- Korvatunturi: Tales from the land of Santa Claus by Pekka Vuori

Pekka Vuori is best known for his masterful illustrations about Finnish folk heritage and Christmas subjects. In 1999, Vuori received an award for his book about Santa Claus' realm in Lapland entitled Korvatunturi - Tales from the land of Santa Claus.

Read more about Finnish children's literature:

Husk Porridge and Space Bunnies: Finnish Books for Children and Young People: http://virtual.finland.fi/netcomm/news/showarticle.asp?intNWSAID=47659&L...

Notes to Editors

A picture accompanying this release is available through the PA Photowire. It can be viewed at http://www.mediapoint.press.net or http://www.prnewswire.co.uk.

Embassy of Finland

More information: Ms Heljä Kiiskinen, Press Secretary at the Embassy of Finland, tel. +44(0)20-7838-6216, e-mail: helja.kiiskinen@formin.fi

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