The Moomin Adventure Book

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title The Moomin Adventure Book
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Cally Law
By (author) Tove Jansson
SeriesMoomins
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:96
Dimensions(mm): Height 214,Width 185
ISBN/Barcode 9781906838560
ClassificationsDewey:790.1922
Audience
Children / Juvenile

Publishing Details

Publisher SelfMadeHero
Imprint SelfMadeHero
Publication Date 24 May 2012
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

Moomintroll (with a little help from his friends and family) shows us how to explore the world beyond our doorstep, inventing games, making toys, eating good food and having fun... Moomin-style! This handy manual, written by Cally Law, features Tove Jansson's strip cartoons, illustrations and words of wisdom from her Moomin novels, so there will always be something to do, even on rainy days.

Author Biography

Samy lives on an island archipelago on Finland's southern seaboard. He is foodie, a Swedish speaker and an outdoors expert, spending most of the long summer nights, sleeping beneath the stars. // The legendary creator of The Moomins, 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 decor 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.