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Finn Family Moomintroll |
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Tove Jansson |
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From Publishers Weekly
The initial volume in the Moomintroll series of Finnish fantasy, which dates back more than 40 years, opens as three of the fabulous folk in the Moomin Valley find the Hobgoblin's top hat. Ages 7-10. Copyright 1990 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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"Jansson's evocations of nature are powerfully succinct...This is a terrific book for reading aloud." --The Washington Post Book World
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Comet in Moominland |
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Tove Jansson |
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0374413312 |
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"It's more than forty years since Jansson's Moomintrolls first appeared. I found the writing and invention as appealing as ever. She has a thistledown touch."--Michele Landsberg, The Washington Post Book World
"The adventures of the easygoing Moomintrolls have all the crispness and tart surprise of a lingonberry, thanks to Jansson's ineffably light touch, her uncanny sensitivity to universal childhood emotions, and her gift for terse, naturalistic dialogue."--Entertainment Weekly
"This book in Jansson's series about the Moomins and their friends-small, indescribable Scandinavian creatures-tells of their adventures in trying to save themselves from a comet. A gentle, offbeat fantasy." --The Horn Book
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Tales from Moominvalley |
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Tove Jansson |
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Midwest Book Review
Nine funny stories about the denizens of Jansson's fictitious Moominvalley are revealed in a delightful story about Finnish trolls. This will prove excellent for youngsters who have had previous introduction to the other Moomin characters and who want to round out their reading with a general collection of stories.
Book Description
In these nine delightfully funny stories, readers will discover how the Moomin family spend their first Christmas out of hibernation, how they save young Ninny from permanent invisibility, and what happens when Moomintroll catches the last dragon in the world.
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Moominsummer Madness |
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Tove Jansson |
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0374453101 |
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From Publishers Weekly
The fanciful Moominfolk take to the stage as only they can in this series of droll escapades. Ages 7-10. Copyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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"It's difficult not to be drawn in by the adventures of Moomintroll and his family as they take refuge from a flood in a floating theater, get separated when Moomintroll spends a night on shore and are reunited at Moominpappa's grand amateur drama." --Publishers Weekly
"As appealing as ever." --The Horn Book
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Moominvalley in November |
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Tove Jansson |
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0374453098 |
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"[Tove Jansson] is a master."
– The Times Literary Supplement
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Moominpappa at Sea |
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Tove Jansson |
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When the Moomin family members need a change of scenery, they decide to take up residence in a lighthouse. As they discover their new home, the family also discover surprising, and wonderfully funny, new things about themselves.
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Moominland Midwinter |
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Tove Jansson |
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0374453039 |
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"Will hook readers of all ages." --Publishers Weekly
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Moominpappa's Memoirs |
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Tove Jansson |
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From School Library Journal
Grade 3-6-Moominpappa has a terrible cold and decides that the best thing to do under the circumstances is to remain quiet and compile his memoirs. In a ponderous manner, he writes of his escape from a foundling home, his link-ups with Joxter, Muddler, and Hodgekins, and the escapades that follow. He reads the chapters aloud to his own little Moomintroll and to the sons of his fellow adventurers. Often they react as many readers will: "But all those sad feelings...are a bit unnecessary. It's all so long." Warburton's translation retains the witty and clever tone of the Finnish writer's tales of Moominland, but the allusions and sardonic humor are often too sophisticated to appeal to the young audience this animal fantasy is likely to attract. For instance, Moominmanna responds to one of Moominpappa's... |
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Moominvalley in November |
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Tove Jansson |
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"[Tove Jansson] is a master." -- The Times Literary Supplement
"More fantastic than Alice In Wonderland, more compelling than Charlotte's Web, and more mysterious than Nancy Drew." --The Midwest Book Review
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Moominvalley in November |
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Tove Jannson |
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Review
"[Tove Jansson] is a master."
– The Times Literary Supplement
--This text refers to the
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edition.
Book Description
Tove Jansson's Moomin characters and books are admired the world over. In the United States the series beginning with Finn Family Moomintroll (first published in English in 1945) has accumulated generations of fans. Since Farrar, Straus and Giroux began reissuing the books in 1989, grateful readers old and new have been thrilled to have the stories available again. At last the final installment is being published – oddly, the only book that features none of the Moomin family themselves, though it does take place at their house. There familiar characters converge – Snufkin, the Hemulen, Fillyjonk, and others... |
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