Stories of ghosts and spirits for children based on old Finnish folk beliefs. Traditionally people used to gather together on dark evenings for a moment of storytelling, and this book uses that approach. There's a frame story about a shoemaker, who tells these stories to his listeners. All of these were wonderful and weird, but the one about the protective black bird was particularly beautiful, whereas the story about the Devil's child was cute. The picture I got into my mind about its ending was kind of funny, it made me chuckle. The illustrations were quite nice as well.