In addition, Merja owns a dog named Kari, which Matti loves.

One day when Merja falls into the sea and threatens to drown, Matti is able to save her.

Merja sees how desperate and sad Matti is and decides to talk to her grandfather.

It was released as Matti bor i Finland by the Swedish publisher Rabén & Sjögren.

In Israel, the series Children's Everywhere, which also includes Matti Lives in Finland, was a great success.

It was not Riwkin-Brick who first made the photos for the book, and Astrid Lindgren who wrote the text after it, but the other way around.

[5] Lindgren also wrote a manuscript describing which photos Rivkin should make of Matti.

Lindgren wrote in close collaboration with Rivkin several versions of the story, which Riwkin oriented to with her photos.

Lindgren changed her text in connection with the photos again and again, until the last and current book version was created.

The idea that someone would just buy this animal and eat it creates an exciting atmosphere for children even today, which encourages them to continue reading.