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Profusely illustrated text describes the history of World War II in Sweden and Finland.

In the midst of the freezing Arctic winter, seventeen-year-old Lumikki Andersson walks into her school's darkroom and finds a stash of money splattered with someone's blood. She is swept into a whirlpool of dangerous encounters with dirty cops and a notorious drug kingpin as she helps to trace the origin of the cash.

Timothy D. Walker, an American teacher living in Finland, outlines the country's many successes in their school system, and invites many teachers to implement these best practices in conjunction with U.S. educational standards.

Examines effective education systems in other countries through the experiences of three youth from America that studied abroad.

An incident from the Finnish national epic, The Kalevala, in which two friends become rivals for the hand of the maiden of Northland.

From his mysterious birth as the old-man son of the air maiden through his various adventures and accomplishments, Finnish folk hero Vainamoinen makes use of his ability to create magic songs and spells.

A prose retelling of various tales from the "national epic" of Finland.