The card collection of the Finnish Institute for Children’s Literature is based mostly on the works of the illustrations collection. The collection includes different themes from Maija Karma, Camilla Mickwitz and Maija-Kaarina Nenonen. Modern illustrators’ collection includes illustrations from Katri Kirkkopelto, Mika Launis and Kristiina Louhi.
Camilla Mickwitz -cards (2021)
Illustrations by Camilla Mickwitz. price: 1,50 €/card, 10 cards: 10 €. Postage and handling costs will be added.
Cards by contemporary illustrators
Kristiina Louhi’s illustrations
from the book trilogy Tyttö ja naakkapuu blaze with beautiful autumn and winter colours.
Price: 1 €/card. Postage and handling costs will be added.
Maija-Kaarina Nenonen’s illustrations
There are illustrations from Martti Haavio’s books Prinsessa Sinisilmä ja Pässi Päkäpää, Onnentupa ja Tiina Tonttutyttö (WSOY Kultainen koti-series 1943).
Price: 1 €/card, 6 cards 5 €. Postage and handling costs will be added.
Modern illustrators’ -card series
Nine Finnish children’s book illustrators have chosen a topic from their production to card series of the Finnish Institute of Children’s Literature. There are both topics of quickly changing events and peaceful events. The size of all cards is 16,5 x 12 cm.
The price is 1 €/card. €. Postage and handling costs will be added.
Virpi Talvitie
Christel Rönns
Markus Majaluoma
Marika Maijala
Kristiina Louhi
Jukka Lemmetty
Mika Launis
Camilla Mickwitz: 12 months
Monthly motifs from Mimosa’s syntymäpäiväkirja (birthday book 1986). 12 different post cards, the size of each is 140×140 mm.
Rice: 10 € the whole series (12 cards), individual cards 1 €/card. Postage and handling costs will be added.
Maija Karma’s card series
The series consists of five works from the originals in the collection. The size of each is 14,5 x 10,5 cm.
Price: 2 € the whole series (5 cards), individual cards 1 €/card. Postage and handling costs will be added.
Maija Karma’s Tonttu ja linnut –card
Not prior published picture motif from 1969. Karma’s greetings to her friends from the season form a little graphical brochure. Folded black-and white card with envelope. Christmas greetings in Finnish, Swedish and English.
Price: 2 € /card. Postage and handling costs will be added.
Lumilyhty-card from Camilla Mickwitz
The card is perfect for many winter occasions, not just for Christmas. The size of the card is 160 x 115 mm.
Price: 1 €/card. Postage and handling costs will be added.
Meidän pihan urheilijat- cards
The card series is based on the picture books by Yrjö Jylhä and Rudolf Koivu. The card series includes 3 cards with multiple colours and two black-and-white cards.
Price: 0,10 €/card. Postage and handling costs will be added.
Koivu ja tähti –cards
The card series about the history of picture books. 4 different picture motifs: 3 cards in colours and 1 card black-and-white.
Price: Card with envelope: 1€/card, post card 0,50 €/card. Postage and handling costs will be added.
Tove-card
Pekka Vuori’s illustration of Tove Jansson. Folded card with envelope.
Price: 0,50 €/card. Postage and handling costs will be added.
Taikahuilu –cards
Riitta Juvonen’s pictures from Tuulia Ahonen’s Taikahuilu-book.
Price: 0,10 €/card. Postage and handling costs will be added.
Korppi-card
The picture from Jyrki Vuori, the poem from Juha Parkkinen, black-and-white.
Price: 0,20 €/card. Postage and handling costs will be added.
Keken kesälauluja pikku eläimistä –cards
Three cards with summer feeling based on Eric O. W. Ehrström’s Gugus visor om de små små djuren / Keken kesälauluja pikku eläimistä (1923). In each card a poem is in Finnish/Swedish.
Price: Card with envelope: 0,50 €/card. Post card 0,20 €/card. Postage and handling costs will be added. Post cards only in Swedish