Moominpappa at Sea (A Puffin Book)

Moominpappa at Sea (A Puffin Book)

by ToveJansson (Author), Tove Jansson (Author)

Synopsis

Moominpappa is feeling at a loss. He has no idea what to do with himself - it seems everything has already been done! So he takes his family off to start a new life in a lighthouse on a tiny, rocky island far out to sea. It's rather lonely at first, but it isn't long before the Moomins discover some funny and surprising new things about themselves.

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More Information

Format: Paperback
Pages: 272
Publisher: Puffin
Published: 07 Feb 2019

ISBN 10: 0241344514
ISBN 13: 9780241344514
Children’s book age: 9-11 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.