Uppo-Nalle

Uppo-Nalle is a children's novel by the Finnish author Elina Karjalainen.

The main character in the books is Uppo-Nalle, an animate teddy bear who loves poetry.

[1] Other characters in the books are a girl named Reeta, her grandmother, and their dog named Laulava Lintukoira (Finnish for "singing bird dog").

In 1980 a play based on the books was shown in a Kuopio theatre, and a film was brought out in 1991.

[2] Uppo-Nalle has been honoured with a postage stamp and by having a children's hospital named after him.