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The Book About Moomin, Mymble and Little My Synopsis
In a delightful, curious game of what comes next, Moomintroll travels through the woods to get home with milk for Moominmamma. A simple trip turns into a colorful adventure as Moomintroll meets Mymble, who has lost her sister, Little My. Along the way, they endure the hijinks of all the charming characters of the Moomin world, including the Fillijonks and Hattifatteners. Will Moomintroll ever make it home safe and sound?
A beautiful and boisterous story by internationally acclaimed children's author Tove Jansson, this picture book is sure to tickle the fancies of parents and kids as well as Moomintroll fans everywhere!
About This Edition
| ISBN: |
9781897299951 |
| Publication date: |
13th October 2009 |
| Author: |
Tove Jansson |
| Publisher: |
Drawn & Quarterly |
| Format: |
Hardback |
| Pagination: |
20 pages |
| Series: |
Moomin Picture Books |
| Suitable For: |
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Press Reviews
Tove Jansson Press Reviews
'Brilliant new edition. Sophie Hannah's text teases and beguiles at every turn' Kate Kellaway - Observer
'Full of the particular magic that only Tove Jansson can evoke'. Philip Pullman - Financial Times
'An effective page-turner loaded with appealing psychedelic characters and exciting, eerrie locations' Times Educational Supplement
'Thanks to Sophie Hannah's wonderful verse adaptation appeals to children and adults alike' Daily Telegraph
'Delightful, and has an oddness to which modern illustrators might aspire' Sunday Times
'A most welcome new edition of this brilliant picture book. A real classic' Financial Times Pick of the Month
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About Tove Jansson
Tove Jansson (1914 – 2001), was born in 1914 in Helingsfors, Finland. Her mother was a charicaturist and the designer of many of Finland’s stamps, and her father was a sculptor. Tove studied painting in Finland, Sweden and France and later worked as a book illustrator, a designer and strip cartoonist, as well as being involved in theatre décor and making frescoes in public places. She drew her first Moomin in the 1930s, just for fun, to tease her little brother by drawing the ugliest creature she could think of. Moomin developed a nicer snout and character and in 1939 he became a character in a children’s story. The Finn Family Moomingtroll has been a hugely successful book, translated into many languages – many other Moomin stories followed.
In 1966 Tove Jansson was awarded the Hans Christian Andersen Medal – an international award for the best children’s book of the year.
Most of the books were written on a small island in the Gulf of Finland where Tove, her mother and brother were the only inhabitants. Later Tove continued to live alone on the island - It takes an hour to row to the nearest island. Some years ago she wrote of the island:
‘It is so small you can walk around it in ten minutes. It is shaped like an atoll and surrounds a deep lake which in good weather makes a fine swimming pool, but in bad weather turns into a raging torrent surrounded by waterfalls. Then our boat has to be pulled right up to the house and tied to the veranda. We only have one tree, a rowan, which bloomed for the first time last summer. But we plant wild roses in the crevices, and potatoes. And we fish. We use rainwater for our coffee and driftwood for our fires. My favourite weather is fog, when the island seems to be afloat at the very end of the world in perfect silence and solitude. Only rarely does one hear the foghorns from the open sea where big ships go by for foreign countries.’
In this very special, beautiful and challenging environment Tove’s imagination and artistic talent flourished.
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