Kaarina Brooks has translated and illustrated three books of Finnish folk tales for children. Born in Finland, Kaarina immigrated to Canada as
Kirsti Mäkinen is a Division Head at the National Board of Education of Finland. She is Master of Finnish Language and Literature at the
Pirkko-Liisa Surojegin graduated in 1977 from Art College and has been a book illustrator since the early 1980s.