Mr. Cannelloni's circus has been operating for generations--ever since his great-grandfather started it one hundred years ago. But with ticket sales dropping and the circus equipment falling into disrepair, the future of Cannelloni's Circus looks bleak, especially when a strict special inspector arrives to look things over.
Luckily Mr. Cannelloni's wife, Rosita--once a daring tightrope walker--has some new bold stunts in mind. With the help of a snake woman, a strongman, daredevil horsemen, and other circus performers, Rosita launches "Operation Hannibal." Will her risky rescue plan be enough to save Mr. Cannelloni's Circus?

Tuula Pere (b. 1958) is Ph.D. in Law and a children's book author from Helsinki, Finland. Her doctoral dissertation published in 2015 examines the limits of the freedom of speech in the Finnish mass media amidst the social and cultural shift of the 1960s and 1970s. Prior to her doctoral research, Tuula Pere has done a career of over two decades as a lawyer and in various expert and executive positions in the industry.

Since 2010, Tuula Pere has published over forty children's storybooks which have been translated into Swedish, English, Russian, Estonian, French, Italian, and Spanish, for example. She has also published poetry, and a bilingual book of aphorisms for children. Some of the illustrations for her books of poetry have been created in cooperation with Espoo School of Art, and her book of aphorisms was illustrated in cooperation with Kirkkonummi School of Art.

Tuula Pere is an avid music and sports enthusiast and a keen baker. She is married and a mother of three.