Anna Amnell's Aurora-books
Anna Amnell's Aurora-books (1991, 1993, 1995, 1999) : Belle Epoque, Edwardian lifestyle, immigration, children as servants, Canadian nature, art, friendship. A Finnish school girl in Helsinki and Toronto. All Aurora-books are sold out. You can find them in libraries. First three Aurora-books were published by the name Pirkko Pekkarinen.
A notice in a guidebook for Finnish elementary teachers about Anna Amnell's fiction: "detailed description of history, milieu and manners. - - History brought to life." Härkönen & Karjarinta & Pakarinen (Editors): Non-fiction and fiction for elementary schools. Helsinki 1994.
"Aurora and the valley of sugar maples
[written in Finnish, "Aurora, Vaahteralaakson tyttö"]. 1991, 2nd pr. 1992.
Publisher: Kirjapaja. ISBN 951-625-089-4 Published by the name 'Pirkko Pekkarinen
Themes: 1903, russification in Finland, immigration to Canada, Canadian nature, valleys of Toronto, Edwardian lifestyle, children as servants, suffragettes, romantic love, history.
Aurora's journalist father is expelled from the grand duchy of Finland. Aurora follows him to Toronto in 1903 and works as servant girl in an Edwardian household.
"Aurora and her cousins from Saint Petersburg."
[written in Finnish, Aurora ja Pietarin serkut.]. 1993. Publisher: Kirjapaja. ISBN 951-625-158-7
Aurora studies art in Helsinki. Her cousin Olga comes to school to Finland.
Themes: romantic love, Helsinki, 1905 general strike, school. The 1905 general strike from the point of view of schoolgirls and a non-Socialist family, history, children as servants, romantic love, Finnish-Russian families.
"The time of the passenger pigeons."
[written in Finnish, Aurora ja villikyyhkysten aika.] 1991. Publisher: Kirjapaja. ISBN 951-625-350-4
Aurora returns for a summer in Toronto with her Canadian fiancé Thomas. There is a ghost in the greenhouse and in the valley. An Edwardian summer in Toronto. Servants' life in a manor.
Themes: Toronto, Canada's nature, children as servants, ghosts, Edwardian lifestyle, valleys in Toronto, romantic love.
Anna Amnell: "Aurora and Molly."
[written in Finnish, Aurora ja Molly.]
1999. Publisher: Kirjapaja. ISBN 951-625-580-9
Aurora's story for younger readers, 8-10 years old. Black and white illustration by Anna Amnell's son Matti Amnell. Themes: 1903: friendship, russification in Finland, immigration to Canada, Toronto, Edwardian life-style, children as servants
The copyright for all Aurora-books: Anna Amnell and Matti Amnel
A notice in a guidebook for Finnish elementary teachers about Anna Amnell's fiction: "detailed description of history, milieu and manners. - - History brought to life." Härkönen & Karjarinta & Pakarinen (Editors): Non-fiction and fiction for elementary schools. Helsinki 1994.
"Aurora and the valley of sugar maples
[written in Finnish, "Aurora, Vaahteralaakson tyttö"]. 1991, 2nd pr. 1992.
Publisher: Kirjapaja. ISBN 951-625-089-4 Published by the name 'Pirkko Pekkarinen
Themes: 1903, russification in Finland, immigration to Canada, Canadian nature, valleys of Toronto, Edwardian lifestyle, children as servants, suffragettes, romantic love, history.
Aurora's journalist father is expelled from the grand duchy of Finland. Aurora follows him to Toronto in 1903 and works as servant girl in an Edwardian household.
"Aurora and her cousins from Saint Petersburg."
[written in Finnish, Aurora ja Pietarin serkut.]. 1993. Publisher: Kirjapaja. ISBN 951-625-158-7
Aurora studies art in Helsinki. Her cousin Olga comes to school to Finland.
Themes: romantic love, Helsinki, 1905 general strike, school. The 1905 general strike from the point of view of schoolgirls and a non-Socialist family, history, children as servants, romantic love, Finnish-Russian families.
"The time of the passenger pigeons."
[written in Finnish, Aurora ja villikyyhkysten aika.] 1991. Publisher: Kirjapaja. ISBN 951-625-350-4
Aurora returns for a summer in Toronto with her Canadian fiancé Thomas. There is a ghost in the greenhouse and in the valley. An Edwardian summer in Toronto. Servants' life in a manor.
Themes: Toronto, Canada's nature, children as servants, ghosts, Edwardian lifestyle, valleys in Toronto, romantic love.
Anna Amnell: "Aurora and Molly."
[written in Finnish, Aurora ja Molly.]
1999. Publisher: Kirjapaja. ISBN 951-625-580-9
Aurora's story for younger readers, 8-10 years old. Black and white illustration by Anna Amnell's son Matti Amnell. Themes: 1903: friendship, russification in Finland, immigration to Canada, Toronto, Edwardian life-style, children as servants
The copyright for all Aurora-books: Anna Amnell and Matti Amnel