Lost in Lapland

Advent reading from Lapland. The book has twenty-four chapters, so that young readers can spread it out over the entire Advent period.

In the land of reindeer and wolverines, we can still believe in magic.

Lisa has a dad, a mum and lots of stuffed animals. Dad is a journalist and forever out and about in the world. Mum is a vet who recently chose to go to Lapland for a year to treat reindeer, wolverines and other animals of the North. So Lisa is left with just her stuffed animals – not least Mousey, whom she has had since she was born. Mousey is losing his hair, but we can forgive him this, because he can do what other stuffed animals can’t – he can talk. Sometimes he gives advice. It may be a bit wacky, but with no one else around, Mousey’s wackiness is as good as it gets.

Lisa gets wacky ideas without Mousey, too. She came up with one in early December, when she was missing her mother almost more than she could bear. Desperate times call for desperate acts. Lisa has found herself in Lapland, in Finland’s far North, where the winter sun doesn’t rise above the horizon and the only light in the magical darkness comes from the stars and the snow. Just try finding your lost mum in this Northern darkness!

Reader age: 5+

Illustrated by Petra Lukovicsová

Petra Lukovicsová (born 1980) is a Slovak freelance illustrator and mother of two. Having studied toy design, she currently devotes herself exclusively to illustration and independent creative work.