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From Publishers Weekly
Copyright 1990 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.
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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"
“A lost treasure now rediscovered. . . . A surrealist masterpiece.”—Neil Gaiman
“Jansson was a genius of a very subtle kind. These simple stories resonate with profound and complex emotions that are like nothing else in literature for children or adults: intensely Nordic, and completely universal.”—Philip Pullman
“Tove Jansson is undoubtedly one of the greatest children’s writers there has ever been. She has the extraordinary gift of writing books that are very clearly for children, but can also be enjoyed when the child, like me, is over sixty and can still find new pleasures with the insights that come from adulthood.”—Sir Terry
ONE spring morning at four o'clock the first cuckoo arrived in the Valley of the Moomins. Read the first page Browse Sample Pages
Front Cover | Copyright | Table of Contents | Excerpt | Back Cover
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5.0 out of 5 stars
One of a Great Series,
By Susan Norton (Australia) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Finn Family Moomintroll (Paperback)
So far there have been eight Moomin books translated ino English. All are splendid. I don't want to draw comparisons, because they are all so good, and each in a different way, but the last two are perhaps the best - all are very definitely five star. They tell of the adventures of a family of little trolls in, mainly the forests of Finland but other places as well, including fairgrounds, theatres, and uninhabited islands, along with all sorts of other strange creatures such as hattifattners, fillyjonks, hemulens and astronomers. A perfect blend of adventure and domestic warmth, evoked by an endlessly original and imaginative writer, who knows "The Usefulness of Everything," in a world slightly - not too much - transmogrified but still recognisableFull of warmth, wit, wisdom and delight. They should probaby be read in order as the characters become more complicated as time goes on, but Finn Family Moomintroll is a great place to start. The pictures (author Tove Jansson was also a professional illustrator and stage designer) are the perfect compliment to the stories. If you don't know them, buy them and your lives will be richer.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
every child should get to know the Moomins!,
By SJbooknut (Asheville, NC) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Finn Family Moomintroll (Paperback)
My sister read these books as a child, and then when we grew up and I got into the children's book business, I got her a set, and she loved them just as much now as then. When she had a bad day at work, she would go home and cheer herself up by reading about the Moomins and their friends--but even with her enthusiasm for the books, it took me another year or two to get a set for my son. When we started reading them together, we were both entranced by the inhabitants of Moominvalley--they're charming, funny, witty, entertaining, and lovable, all in very unique ways. Other reviewers have compared the Moomins to the Chronicles of Narnia and the Lord of the Rings series--but they're only similar in the sense that they're fantasy. There's no allegory or deeper meaning here--just characters unlike any you've met before interacting in ways that are disarmingly human. This review applies to the whole series (although my son read Moominsummer Madness without me, so I haven't read that one, and we weren't quite as fond of Tales from Moominvalley).
5.0 out of 5 stars
Finn Family Moomintroll,
By A Customer
This review is from: Finn Family Moomintroll (Paperback)
Finn Family Moomintroll If you're looking for a great series that won't let you put it down untill you're finished, you want the Moomintrolls! This book is one of them out of the series. It is a fantasy book with wild creatures. Its when Moomintroll and his friends go up to Lonely Mountain that they find a hat! A very black hat that they decide would look fabulous on Moominpappa. This Hat takes them through many adventures, and those adventures take them to more! At one point in the book Moomintroll meets two little friends that make him be a judge for a trail against a funny mysterious creature. This book is a very unthinkable book!! In Finn Family Moomintroll the characters are wild. Some are Moomintroll, Moominmamma, Moominpappa, Sniff, Snufkin, Snorkmaiden, Snork, Hob Goblin, Muskrat, Hemline, Thingumy and Bob and many more. Moomintroll is the main character he is white and looks kind of like a hippo that stands on two legs with no big teeth and a long tail with fur at the end of it. His Best friend Snufkin is also a main characters at times when I say times that means he travels a lot, and is mean a lot. He's never at one place for too long. The only things he has is his mouth organ his very big t-shirt and his hat. Snorkmaiden also plays a part in this funny book. She is a Moon, well sorta, she turns different colors when ever she's feeling a feeling and wears a beautiful gold bracelet also. Moomintroll has a slight crush on her. Moominmamma and Moominpappa are s parents they are always there when something goes wrong and the funny thing is everyday Moomintroll goes on an adventure and his parents say be back by tomorrow morning. If you want to know more about the characters read the book for yourself! I defiantly recommend this book if you like fantasy . I would rate this book on a scale of one to ten a 100. It really catches your eye and is a book that just gives different feeling you might even be up reading it the whole night, which was the case with me. I truly think if you haven't read the Moomintrolls you're really missing out!
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