'Moomin: The Complete Comic Strip, Volume 1, by Tove Jansson & Fair Play, by Tove Jansson, trans. Thomas Teal. To write fiction well for children and for the child in all adults takes a variety of gifts, among them directness and lucidity with words and emotions, and the courage to keep them clean of pretence. This becomes especially true when crafting illustrated stories, where pictures as well as words do the telling and both need to enhance each other. For those who have delighted in the depths which Tove Jansson achieved through her beloved Moomin tales, these two books reveal how, throughout her life, she refined her narrative skills, first for her comics, and then for her adult novels.
Moomin - The Complete Comic Strip Vol 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 £14.99 each.
The magic of Tove Jansson's bestselling Moomin picture book has been re-crafted in English to launch Sort of Children's Classics (for readers from four to infinity). Follow Moomin's adventures in verse, through amazing full colour, cut-out pages ashe helps Mymble find her little sister My.
"In a children's book there must be a path where the author stands still and the child walks on. A threat or a wonder that is never explained. A face that never shows itself entire." (Tove Jansson)
£9.99 Hardcover
Poor little chap! He had been turned into a very strange animal indeed . . . Although they're small, fat and shy creatures, Moomins have the most amazing adventures. It all begins when Moominpappa tries on a magic hat that makes exciting and funny things happen . . .
7 other books in the series to collect in the series: Comet in Moominland, Moominpappa's Memoirs, Moominsummer Madness, Moominland Midwinter, Tales from Moominvalley, Moominpappa at Sea, Moominvalley in November.
£4.99 Paperback Novel
