Brief text and illustrations introduce the geography, history, people, and culture of this thinly-populated northern European country whose land is covered by more than 55,000 lakes and forests.
Linus Torvalds tells the story of his development of the Linux operating system for personal computers, and discusses what happened when he put early versions of his system on the Internet and invited input for its improvement.
Describes the life of a boy in Rovaniemi, the capital of Finnish Lapland, who dreams of being a pilot, and discusses Finland's ethnic groups, religion, government, education, industry, geography, and history.