Books

“Brita’s Always the One”
Written by Pille Kannisto
Illustrations by Anni Mäger
Tänapäev 2022, 208 pp
ISBN 9789916172131
Story book, fiction
7+

“Brita’s Always the One” is Pille Kannisto’s first children’s book, offering funny and thought-provoking stories about Brita, who lives with her mother and grandmother in an apartment building in Mustamäe. Hilarious and insightful incidents constantly happen to her, from meeting Aunt Monkey to offering a spider a good life. With a caring yet mouse-fearing mother and a nimble grandmother unafraid of almost anything, Brita navigates life alongside her good friends Anna, Elli, and Paul. Her biggest dream? To have her very own personal cat. Will it happen?

Inspired by the author’s childhood in Mustamäe, the book features 34 chapters, each with its own story. The text is in a larger font for easy readability. Illustrated by Anni Mäger, the book is published by “Tänapäev” and is suitable for the first grade but will also delight older readers.

News and other

Children’s book “Brita’s Always the One” is available on the publisher Tänapäev webpage, and as well as at Apollo and Rahva Raamat bookstores.

“Brita’s Always the One” was selected for the “Childrens books from Estonia 2023” catalog and was represented at the Bologna International Children’s Book Fair.
Explore the catalog, which includes illustration examples and the translated chapter “Grandma ruins Brita’s birthday party”.

A comprehensive book review written by Krista Kumberg appeared in Eesti Päevaleht, you can read it here.

Tauno Vahter, editor-in-chief of Tänapäev publishing house, and writer Pille Kannisto talk to Maris Järva about today’s children and literature suitable for them. Books that could find their way into a schoolchild’s reading material are put under a magnifying glass. You can listen to the Pere ja Kodu podcast episode “It’s these books that attract school children” here.