You Are Super Loved

A whimsical story about love and superheroes by an internationally acknowledged illustrator and author.

In You Are Super Loved, a father and son share amazing adventures together to find out what love is: how does it feel like, and how does it work? Will it last no matter what?

Told in instantly recognisable, humorous comic book style, this tender story about the superpower of love is for fathers and sons and the superheroes of life, everywhere.

Publishing information

Year of publication

2017

Page count

Original title

Sinä olet superrakas

Original language

Finnish

Original publisher

Otava

Book series

Super (Book 1)

Rights sold

Swedish
Danish
Norwegian
German
Russian
Turkish

Awards & nominations

Nominations

2017

Finlandia Junior

About the author

Ninka Reittu (b. 1982) is an award-winning author and illustrator as well as an art teacher and artisan. She is based in Liperi, Eastern Finland, where she lives in an old vicarage in the beautiful Finnish countryside together with her family. Reittu’s images and texts are both imbued with an uniquely heart-warming air. Her heartfelt Super series about a father and son relationship has been nominated for various awards. Her book You Are Super Loved (Sinä olet superrakas) was also nominated for Finland’s most significant book award, the Finlandia Junior in 2017.The author’s books have been published in several languages around the world, including the successful picture book series Messi and Mystery Cat which has been sold in five languages. Ninka Reittu is also the illustrator of the popular series Princess Pintsize.

Author page

Reviews

"The book is aimed at children, but it also touches an adult. Reittu manages to achieve something essential about both love and parenting. In addition to families, the book can be read to child groups as part of a social-emotional skills exercise, the book’s thoughts on love also apply to friendship...[...] Reittu's marker technique is colourful and original. The illustrations are vibrant, in motion and full of emotion."

Paula Niemi, IBBY Finland