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Candy Book
by Vuokko Hurme, Anni Nykänen
The best way to enjoy candy must be with this funny and thoroughly sweet nonfiction book that includes fascinating bits of knowledge, tests, recipes, and games! Candy Book has all the info you’ll ever need about different kinds of sweets in the world and why humans enjoy eating them so very much. Delightful and delicious, Candy Book is all about sweets, their history, and the famous people who’ve loved to eat them. It also explains why it’s difficult to stop eating candy once you start, and gives helpful tools for parents of children with sweet tooths. What is candy made of, actually, and why does it taste SO good? Candy Book gives young readers all the answers they’ve always wanted, and it’s the perfect nonfiction book for young children and early readers. Candy Book is a book kids will enjoy as it talks about a topic they’re expreemely passionate about. It’s the first collaboration between writer Vuokko Hurme and the fresh, fun illustration style of artist Anni Nykänen.
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Children's & YAAugust 2020Ruby's Secret
What if you could move objects by willpower?
by Vuokko Hurme
Ruby’s family has a secret: they have wonderful powers of colour. The Hues are able to control the colours of their own possessions, and they can handle them and move them about by willpower. Ruby’s colour is red and her big sister Skye’s is blue, while their little brother Forrest is still looking for his colour and practising hard. When the Hues, hiding their secret skills, move into the Gertrude Rinne condominium, something changes: Ruby no longer wants to be an eternal outsider. She wants to play in the yard with the other children. So she has to make an impression on her new friends–at all costs. On top of all this, Ruby’s head is turned by a charming but mischievous girl named Liia. And what is the strange greyness that threatens not just the Hues but everyone else as well? Ruby’s Secret is the first book of four about the Hues family. Reetta Niemensivu’s expressive line drawing illustrations complete the text with red finishing touches.
