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Moomintroll Sets Sail (Adapted by Alex Haridi) by Tove Jansson
$26.99 AUD
Category: Children's Books / Illustration
Join the Moomins on an ocean adventure in this stunning picture book based on Tove Jansson's classic tales. The Moomins, Sniff and Little My are setting off across the high seas in Moominpappa's new boat. Along the way they will encounter a swarm of mischievous niblings, Edward the gigantic Booble, and ...Show more
Moominvalley in November by Tove Jansson
$23.00 AUD
Category: Children's Books / Illustration | Series: Moomins Collectors' Editions
In her last, most profound and poignant Moomin story, Jansson explores themes of loss, legacy and hope. The Moomins have left their beloved Moominvalley but as winter draws near Snufkin, Mymble, Toft and others move into the Moominhouse to await the family's return. Could that gentle flicker of light on ...Show more
Sculptor's Daughter by Tove Jansson
$31.00 AUD
Category: Writing
Tove Jansson's first book for adults drew on her childhood memories to capture afresh the enchantments and fears of growing up in Helsinki in the nineteen tens and twenties. Described as both a memoir and 'a book of superb stories' by Ali Smith, her startlingly evocative prose offers a glimpse of the my ...Show more
Sculptor's Daughter: A Childhood Memoir by Tove Jansson
$24.99 AUD
Category: Biography / Memoir
Tove Jansson's first book for adults was a memoir, capturing afresh the enchantments and fears of her Helsinki childhood. Restored to its original form, Sculptor's Daughter gives us a glimpse of the mysteries of winter ice, the bonhomie of balalaika parties, and the vastness of Christmas viewed from ben ...Show more
The Book About Moomin, Mymble and Little My by Tove Jansson
$22.99 AUD
Category: Children's Books / Illustration | Series: Moomins
Finnish artist Tove Jansson's Moomin stories have been continually in print for more than half a century, in 35 languages. They are among Europe's best loved and enduring children's classics, and through the current TV animation (BBC2), the warm-hearted, whimsical creatures of Moomin valley have been br ...Show more
The Dangerous Journey by Tove Jansson, Sophie Hannah
$22.99 AUD
Category: Children's Books / Illustration | Series: Moomins
A little girl is transported with the help of magic glasses from the tedium of a summer afternoon into an exciting world of mangrove swamps, spluttering volcanoes and sea where birds fly upside down and wild things threaten to pounce. But she is not alone. Old friends from Moomin Valley - Hemulen, Sniff ...Show more
The Moomins and the Great Flood by Tove Jansson
$27.00 AUD
Category: Fiction | Series: Finn Family Moomintroll
Created in 1945, yet published in this country for the very first time, The Moomins and the Great Flood offers an extraordinary glimpse into the creativity and imagination that launched the Moomin books. Moominmamma and young Moomintroll search for the long lost Moominpappa through forest and flood, me ...Show more
The Summer Book by Tove Jansson
$27.00 AUD
Category: Fiction | Series: New York Review Books Classics
In "The Summer Book" Tove Jansson distills the essence of the summer--its sunlight and storms--into twenty-two crystalline vignettes. This brief novel tells the story of Sophia, a six-year-old girl awakening to existence, and Sophia's grandmother, nearing the end of hers, as they spend the summer on a t ...Show more
Travelling Light by Tove Jansson
$20.00 AUD
Category: Fiction
This newly translated collection of stories brilliantly evokes the shifting scenes and restlessness of summer. A professor arrives in a beautiful Spanish village only to find that her host has left and she must cope with fractious neighbours alone; a holiday on a Finnish Island is thrown into disarray w ...Show more