Moominpappa At Sea

By (author) Jansson Tove
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Special Collectors'' Edition lovingly restored to its original stunning design.
Description:
Moominpappa yearns to make a fresh start, to find a rocky island and lighthouse where he''ll feel alert and important again. And so the Moomins set sail for a new home. Moominpappa''s longed-for-island proves as mysterious and wild and he''d hoped. It even has a deserted lighthouse. But how is Moominmamma to grow her flowers and what could have happened to the last keeper of the lighthouse?
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I love these editions - so beautifully produced, so solid and permanent, just as Tove Jansson deserved
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Tove Jansson is one of the greatest children''s writers there has ever been
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[These editions] are simply stunning, and an absolute must-read. The Moomin novels are timeless stories full of adventure and heartwarming values - perfect for Christmas.
Biographical note:
The Finnish artist and author Tove Jansson (1914-2001) wrote and illustrated her first Moomin story, The Moomins and the Great Flood, in 1945 as a form of escape from the dark shadows of war. By 1965, when the seventh and penultimate Moomin novel Moominpappa at Sea was published her books had become world famous. The eight Moomin titles would be translated into over fifty languages and remain in print for the next six decades. Tove Jansson lived in Helsinki and a tiny island in the Gulf of Finland which she shared with her life partner, the graphic artist, Tuulikki Pietilä.
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Special Collectors'' Edition lovingly restored to its original stunning design.