Ealla, gusnie leah? (etelänsaameksi)

Title: Ealla, Where Are You?
Language: Southern Sami
Author: Kirsi Máret Paltto
Original title: Gos don leat, Elle? (2019, Northern Sami)
Translated by: Ellen Jonassen
Illustrations: Liisa Helander
ISBN: 978-82-92649-68-8

The translation has been published with support from the Sami Parliament in Norway.

is an exciting book about Jåvna, who wants to attend a drum course. He cannot, because his mother is away every weekday.

In frustration, he drums on everything he comes across, and suddenly he finds a Sami drum. This leads him into magical and thrilling events.

The book is an exciting story about friendship and inner strength, balancing between magic and reality.

The book uses large text, and the text is set in a Dyslexie font, which makes it easier to read for children with reading difficulties.

Author Kirsi Máret Paltto is from Fierranjohka in the Tana River Valley, but lives in Karasjok.

is a Southern Sami translation of her first book, which was published in 2019 in Northern Sami (Gos don leat, Elle?). The book has also been translated into Bokmål (Hvor er du, Elle?), Lule Sami, Finnish, and Swedish. Previously, Kirsi Máret Paltto has published short stories, the storytelling app Nigá and Nelle, and a children’s CD, Hutkangiissá lávlagat.

ISBN: 978-82-92649-60-2
Price: NOK 199 + shipping