Ninka Reittu

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.

 

Photo: © Vesa Tyni

 

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Awards & Nominations

Awards

  • Kaarina Helakisa Literary Prize

    2018

  • North Karelia Art Prize

    2015

Nominations

  • Runeberg Junior Prize

    2020

  • Arvid Lydecken Prize

    2018

  • Finlandia Junior Prize

    2017

Related publishing

  • I Feel Super!

    Ninka Reittu
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  • My Super Belly Button

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  • You Are Super Loved

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  • Messi and Mystery Cat: Cat Race

    Ninka Reittu
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  • Messi and Mystery Cat: Heading for an Adventure

    Ninka Reittu
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  • Messi and Mystery Cat: Everything Will Be Fine!

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  • Tully and Roly the Pony

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  • Tully and Roly’s Night in the Treehouse

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  • The Doorman of the Mind

    Petri Tamminen & Ninka Reittu
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