Karrin lapset by Aino Salo
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"Karrin lapset" by Aino Salo is a children's novel written in the early 20th century. It follows siblings Kaisa, Paavo, Pirkko, and Saara growing up on the rural homestead Karri, portraying everyday chores, small adventures, and tender moral lessons in a close-knit Finnish family. Themes of kindness, responsibility, faith, and community shape their episodic year at home, school, and holidays. The opening of the story introduces the four children, their parents, maid
Leena, and pets at Karri, then lingers on a cozy portrait of the homestead. A secret plan for their mother’s birthday leads to late-night baking, a spilled water fiasco, and a gentle intervention by Father before a morning serenade and gift-giving. A berry-picking trip with friend Ville brings swimming at a forest lake, the boys peeking into a hawk’s nest, a comical struggle to light a fire without matches, and—after a quarrel—Pirkko’s frightening but brief disappearance and safe return. Kaisa discovers the poor Suuntala croft, and next day the girls bring food, clean the cottage, and comfort Iita and her ailing daughter Hanna; soon after, Iita brings news of Hanna’s peaceful death and her parting gift, a small paper basket. The section closes with Mother beginning a “true” fairy tale about house gnomes and two girls who exchange letters with them. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Salo, Aino, 1897-1992 |
|---|---|
| Title | Karrin lapset |
| Original Publication | Helsinki: Kustannusosakeyhtiö Otava, 1923. |
| Credits | Tuula Temonen |
| Language | Finnish |
| LoC Class | PH: Language and Literatures: Finno-Ugrian and Basque languages and literatures |
| Subject | Finnish fiction -- 20th century |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 77589 |
| Release Date | Dec 31, 2025 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 106 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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