His warm and happy stories for children with their humorous illustrations have aroused enormous interest around the world. The best-known internationally is Santa Claus. It has already been translated into twenty-one languages, and it has sold more than a million copies.

Becoming a Kunnas Publisher

Each year Otava Publishing Company organises one co-printing for Kunnas titles, in co-operation with Otava Book Printing in Finland. Enrolment for the co-printing starts at the beginning of January, the deadline for print-ready files is at the end of April, and the books will be ready for delivery at the beginning of August.

The choice of different Kunnas titles is wide, and which titles will be selected for the co-printing varies from year to year, very much according to the wishes and needs of the Kunnas publishers. The most regular titles to be printed have during the recent years been first of all the Christmas titles – Santa Claus, Twelve Gifts for Santa Claus, Santa Claus and the Magic Drum, and Lucky’s Best-ever X-mas present -,
as well as the hugely popular 2006 title, The Vikings Are Coming!

All the works of Mauri Kunnas as well as the languagues they have already been translated into are listed in Works.