Everyone in the family has a lot to learn when the seriously ill baby Pearl comes home.
Even though taking care of his sister is difficult, Jacob wants to help her in any way he can. In fact, he turns out to the one who is best at soothing little Pearl. He knows how to stroke her head and sing to her more softly than anyone.
The big brother wants to take Pearl with him to all the important events at school.
“I don’t mind if the other children have never seen a baby like Pearl. I can explain to them what she’s like, ” Jacob says.
The entire family, including Pearl, indulges in the warmth and scents of summer.
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Hela familjen står inför nya och stora utmaningar då den allvarligt sjuka Perla får komma hem.
Fastän det är jobbigt att sköta lillasyster, vill Jakob delta efter bästa förmåga. Han är väldigt bra på att lugna ner henne, för han kan smeka och sjunga särskilt mjukt.
Jakob vill att Perla tas med till skolans viktiga evenemang.
– Det stör inte mig fastän de andra aldrig har sett en sådan baby som Perla. Jag kan nog förklara det för dem, säger Jakob.
Sommarens värme och dofter omsluter hela familjen, också lilla Perla.
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Tuula Pere (b. 1958) is a Ph.D. in Law and an author from Helsinki, Finland. Her doctoral dissertation published in 2015 examines the limits of the freedom of speech in the Finnish mass media amidst the social and cultural shift of the 1960s and 1970s. Before her doctoral research, Tuula Pere has had a career of over two decades as a lawyer and in various expert and executive positions in industry.
Since 2010, Tuula Pere has published over thirty children’s storybooks which have been translated into Swedish, English, Russian, Estonian, French, Italian and Spanish, for example. She has also published poetry and aphorisms for children and short stories for adults.
Tuula Pere is an avid music and sports enthusiast and a keen baker. She is married and a mother of three.