Warm Values Blog by Tuula Pere

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Tuula Pere

Warm Values – Blog by Tuula Pere

Ph.D in Law, Children’s Author

Award-Winning Children's Author,Ph.D. in LawDr. Tuula Pere was born in Finland in 1958, and spent some of her essential childhood years in a small village in Eastern Finland. She moved to Helsinki at the end of the 1970s when she began her studies at the University of Helsinki...

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A Butterfly’s Song

A lonely butterfly, Pupa, tries to learn to sing. When her efforts are futile, the night wind fee...

October 9^th, 2024

Illustrated by Roksolana Panchyshyn

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In New Books

Mother's Bread Dough

A loaf of bread baked with love, and shared with joy, saves many people and warms hearts

October 9^th, 2024

Illustrated by Stefan Turk

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In New Books

What to Offer in a Children’s Book – A Message, Lesson, or a Bit of Fun?

October 2^nd, 2024

Children's literature is like nature, which I love. It should have a place for all possible creatures—big and small, tame and wild—for every kind of flower, berry, and tree.

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In Author's Voice

To Live and Experience – to Write and Imagine

April 17^th, 2023

I freed myself from previous professional obligations about ten years ago and devoted my time to storybooks. Instead of contracts, strategies, annual reports, and stock exchange releases.

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Peeling Potatoes with Father

My father passed away a decade ago, but he is still often with me. He comes especially close when...

December 4^th, 2022

My father passed away a decade ago, but he is still often with me. He comes especially close when I'm peeling potatoes.I always spent a lot of time with Father. We shared things that were important to both of us. He also confided in me about important experiences in his poor c...

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In Society

Has Writing for Children Changed Me?

June 3^rd, 2022

Illustration by Andrea Alemanno (Between the Walls, Tuula Pere, Wickwick, 2018)

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In Featured

As Time Goes By – But Where Does It Go?

Time is a mystery. Existence is a mystery, too

January 5^th, 2022

Time is a mystery. Existence is a mystery, too.It is not easy to measure time, at least not beyond its scientific and technical aspects. The experience of time is unique and individual for each person. For me, time is connected to the energy of being alive. Without the force o...

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In Inspiration