Comet in Moominland by Tove Jansson

Comet in Moominland by Tove Jansson

Meet the Moomins - all 8 magical adventures relaunched with a charming new cover design. Celebrating 80 years since the first Moomin book was published!

Rediscover the A Puffin Book series and bring the best-loved classics to a new generation - including this magical edition of Comet in Moominland complete with a charming new cover design.

A comet is speeding towards Earth - will it destroy everything and everyone? Moomintroll decides to investigate. So, with Sniff, he sets off on an expedition to ask the Professor about the comet. On their way they meet Snufkin and the Hemulen who rescues them from a secret underground tunnel - but can they escape the dangerous crocodiles that lurk. . .

They seem to grow in wisdom and delight every time I read them - Philip Pullman

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

Tove Jansson was born in Finland in 1914. She began her career as a cartoonist and went on to write and illustrate many books for adults and children. She drew her first Moomin in the 1930s, just for fun, and in 1945 he became a character in a children's story. Tove became world-famous for her Moomin books, which began with The Moomins and the Great Flood in 1945, closely followed by Comet in Moominland in 1946, Finn Family Moomintroll in 1948 and six more Moomin adventures. During the winter months Tove lived and worked in Helsinki, but in the summertime she stayed on a beautiful remote island in the Gulf of Finland with her long-term partner, the artist Tuulikki Pietilä. Tove Jansson received many prestigious awards during her lifetime, including the international Hans Christian Andersen Medal. She died in 2001, aged eighty-six.

SKU	Unavailable
ISBN 13	9780241344477
ISBN 10	0241344476
Title	Comet in Moominland
Author	Tove Jansson
Series	A Puffin Book
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Penguin Random House Children's UK
Year published	2019-02-07
Number of pages	224
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.