By Tove Jansson (author) , Tove Jansson (illustrator) Part of the A Puffin Book series
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'They can't have moved away without saying a word!' Winter is coming, and the Fillyjonk, the Hemulen, Toft, and Mymble, are all waiting in Moominvalley to see the Moomins return home. Winter doesn't seem right without them . . .
They seem to grow in wisdom and delight every time I read them - Philip Pullman
'The wisest and most moving book about mourning I've ever read.' - Frank Cottrell Boyce - Guardian
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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Meet the Moomins - all 8 magical adventures relaunched in a stunning new package. Celebrating 80 years since the first Moomin book was published!Rediscover the A Puffin Book series and bring the best-loved classics to a new generation - including this magical edition of Moominvalley in November complete with a charming new cover design.'They can't have moved away without saying a word!' Winter is coming, and the Fillyjonk, the Hemulen, Toft, and Mymble, are all waiting in Moominvalley to see the Moomins return home.
The LoveReading4Kids Editorial Team have read and reviewed Moominvalley in November and determined it is suitable for children aged 5-10 years old
Moominvalley in November features in the following genres: Adventure Stories, Children's and Young Adult Fiction, Children’s, Teenage and Educational, Featured Books for 5+ readers, Recommendations, Featured Books for 9+ readers, Film & TV Tie-ins, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Special features and related items, Gift Books, Children’s / Teenage stationery and miscellaneous items, PSHE: Bereavement and Grief, Personal Social Health Economic (PSHE), Featured Books for 7+ readers
Paperback, Hardback. £8.09, down from the £8.99 cover price. In Stock.
Moominvalley in November was written by Tove Jansson and published by Puffin an imprint of Penguin Random House Children's UK
Moominvalley in November has 195 pages
Yes it is part of A Puffin Book series
£8.09, reduced from £8.99. In Stock.
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