The Exploits of Moominpappa (A Puffin Book)

The Exploits of Moominpappa (A Puffin Book)

by ToveJansson (Author)

Synopsis

Here at last is Moominpappa's promised life story - from the days when he was abandoned in a newspaper parcel on the doorstep of a Moomin orphanage, to when he ran away to see the world and was lucky enough to meet Moominmamma.

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More Information

Format: Paperback
Pages: 176
Publisher: Puffin
Published: 07 Feb 2019

ISBN 10: 0241344484
ISBN 13: 9780241344484
Children’s book age: 7-9 Years

Media Reviews
They seem to grow in wisdom and delight every time I read them... a perfect marriage of word and picture -- Philip Pullman
It's not just Tove Jansson's wonderfully strange fairytale world that so appeals but also her beautiful line work and exquisite sense of design -- Lauren Child
Beautiful words. Anarchic illustrations. Tove Jansson is a genius. -- Jenny Downham
Author Bio
Tove Jansson was born in Finland in 1914. She began her career as a cartoonist and drew her first Moomin in the 1930s, just for fun. In 1945 he became a character in a children's story. Tove became world-famous for her Moomin books which began with Comet in Moominland in 1946. She received many prestigious awards, including the international Hans Christian Andersen Medal. She died in 2001, aged 87.