02262cam a22003013u 4500 77589 UtSlPG 20260610134810.0 m cr n 260607r20251923utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d UtSlPG fi iso639-1 PH Salo, Aino, 1897-1992 Karrin lapset Salt Lake City, UT : Project Gutenberg, 2025 1 online resource : multiple file formats text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Release date is 2025-12-31 Tuula Temonen "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.) Originally published: Helsinki: Kustannusosakeyhtiö Otava, 1923 Finnish fiction -- 20th century https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77589 118309 118309