Salla Savolainen

Salla Savolainen is one of Finland’s most acclaimed and prolific illustrators of children’s books. She is widely recognised for her ability to combine precise visual information with expressive storytelling and humour.

Her work has received numerous awards and nominations, including the Rudolf Koivu Prize, and the Kukko Award for non-fiction illustration. She has been nominated three times for the Finlandia Junior Prize and has also been a candidate for the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award.

Savolainen both writes and illustrates the Mighty Machines at Work series, bringing together factual accuracy, narrative clarity and visual humour to make complex real-world processes accessible and engaging for young children.

Author photo © Kyösti Kontio /Courtesy of WSOY. All rights reserved.

Works
Mighty Machines at Work Työmaa A series for the children whose faces light up at the sight of a digger or other big machinery and yearn to le...
Mighty Machines at Work Työmaa A series for the children whose faces light up at the sight of a digger or other big machinery and yearn to le...
Ruby & Ficelle Heinähattu ja Vilttitossu If children are bored at home, surely there is no law saying that they’d have to stay there? Ruby and Fic...
Ruby & Ficelle: The Chicken Heinähattu, Vilttitossu ja kana A winged pet plays havoc with the family pecking order! Ruby is away at a camp and Ficelle is feeling lonel...
Ruby & Ficelle and the Silly Angel Heinähattu, Vilttitossa ja hupsu enkeli Ficelle suggests that their neighbour Miss Halise Alibullen should play angels with her. Kind Halise finds ...
Ruby & Ficelle and Baldy Bob Heinähattu, Vilttitossu ja Kalju-Koponen Everyone is looking out for Baldy Bob, the mean pigtail-cutting thief! Ruby claims that Ficelle used to ...
Ruby & Ficelle and the Sassy Schoolgirl Heinähattu, Vilttitossu ja ärhäkkä koululainen Ficelle's love of fishing makes her play a trick on Ruby and her class! Ruby has started school. Ficelle is...
Ruby & Ficelle and the Annoying Pest Heinähattu, Vilttitossa ja Littoisten riiviö Who is the family favorite and, more importantly, who is the annoying pest in the neighbourhood? Ficelle f...
Ruby & Ficelle and Big Elsa Heinähattu, Vilttitossu ja iso Elsa It’s time for Ficelle to start school. Her parents hope for her to turn into a conscientious little stud...
Ruby & Ficelle as Poets Heinähattu ja Vilttitossu runoilijoina Ruby and Ficelle’s mother enrolls her daughters in a poetry competition, hoping that writing will help stop ...
Ruby & Ficelle and the Arty Neighbours Heinähattu, Vilttitossu ja Rubensin veljekset The family are off to the countryside for a holiday! The two artists staying next door thrill the girls’ ...
Ruby & Ficelle and the Christmas Gift Heinähattu, Vilttitossu ja jouluvintiö Christmas is only a week away and Ficelle can't stop worrying about whether she will get enough presents. I...