Funny stories about Ella and her friends are well known to Finnish children. Written in simple language, they are intended for children who have just learned to read. The author worked for a long time as a primary school teacher and knows firsthand about the difficult and eventful life of first-graders. Both children and adults laugh at Ella's stories. For the book “Ella on an Excursion,” Timo Parvela was awarded the Arvid Lübeck Prize (Finland) and also received an Honorary Diploma from the International Board of Children’s Books (IBBY). According to Finnish libraries, books about Ella are among the ten most read children's books. The translation of the book was carried out with the support of the Finnish Literature Information Center (FILI).