Tove Jansson is a famous children's author in Finland. This book is written in English and students could read the collection of works by Jansson. I think this would also be a good time to integrate multi-culturalism into the curriculum by looking into the world of children's authors. As a class we could explore the different countries and read books from that part of the world. As a class we will explore why certain trees grow in this climate and the water cycle.
Birch trees are very prominent in Finland and they have beautiful forests.
This could also be integrated into social studies by using forests and industry. This book could be used to integrate math by doing metric conversions. The book will also be fun for the students to make some Finnish food for the class during the unit. Science and social studies could also be integrated by teaching a lesson on resources and the relation to the food that country or region eats. These items may be used to enhance other lessons or for teacher information only.