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Moominvalley in November (#9) by Tove Jansson
$14.99 AUD
Category: Children's & YA | Series: Moomin
In her last, most profound and poignant Moomin story, Jansson explores themes of loss, legacy and hope. The Moomins have left their beloved Moominvalley but as winter draws near Snufkin, Mymble, Toft and others move into the Moominhouse to await the family's return. Could that gentle flicker of light o ...Show more
Notes from an Island by Tove Jansson, Tuulikki Pietila
$24.99 AUD
Category: Biography & Memoir
In the bitter winds of autumn 1963, Tove Jansson, helped by Brunström, a maverick fisherman, raced to build a cabin on a treeless skerry in the Gulf of Finland. The island was Klovharun, and for thirty summers Tove and her beloved partner, the graphic artist, Tuulikki Pietilä, retreated there to live, p ...Show more
Sculptor's Daughter by Tove Jansson
$21.99 AUD
Category: Biography & Memoir
Tove Jansson's first book for adults drew on her childhood memories to capture afresh the enchantments and fears of growing up in Helsinki in the nineteen tens and twenties. Described as both a memoir and 'a book of superb stories' by Ali Smith, her startlingly evocative prose offers a glimpse of the my ...Show more
Sculptor's Daughter: A Childhood Memoir by Tove Jansson
$24.99 AUD
Category: New Hardbacks | Reading Level: very good
Tove Jansson's first book for adults was a memoir, capturing afresh the enchantments and fears of her Helsinki childhood. Restored to its original form, Sculptor's Daughter gives us a glimpse of the mysteries of winter ice, the bonhomie of balalaika parties, and the vastness of Christmas viewed from ben ...Show more
Tales From Moominvalley by Tove Jansson
$19.99 AUD
Category: Children's & YA | Series: Moomins
Featuring the much loved stories in Waterstone's Oxfam bestseller, The Invisible Child and The Fir Tree - the Moomins' gloriously funny and generous take on Christmas - Tales from Moominvalley collects together nine delightful Moomin short stories.Highlights include The Spring Tune (which Jarvis Cocker ...Show more
Tales from Moominvalley (#7) by Tove Jansson
$14.99 AUD
Category: Children's & YA | Series: Moomins
If you found a tiny golden dragon with green paws, would you know what to do with it? Moomintroll thinks he does, but when he takes his new-found pet home, things don't quite work out as planned. And suppose Too-ticky brought you an invisible child, would you know how to make her visible again?Meet new ...Show more
Tales from Moominvalley (#7) by Tove Jansson
$15.99 AUD
Category: Children's & YA | Series: Moomins
If you found a tiny golden dragon with green paws, would you know what to do with it? Well, Moomintroll thinks he knows what to do. But when he takes his new-found pet home, things don't quite work out as planned!
Tales from Moominvalley (#7 HB) by Tove Jansson
$19.95 AUD
Category: Children's & YA | Series: Moomins
If you found a tiny golden dragon with green paws, would you know what to do with it? Well, Moomintroll thinks he knows what to do. But when he takes his new-found pet home, things don't quite work out as planned! Here is a delightful collection of stories in which Moomintroll meets some new characters ...Show more
The Book About Moomin, Mymble and Little My by Tove Jansson
$22.99 AUD
Category: Children's & YA | Series: Moomins
Finnish artist Tove Jansson's Moomin stories have been continually in print for more than half a century, in 35 languages. They are among Europe's best loved and enduring children's classics, and through the current TV animation (BBC2), the warm-hearted, whimsical creatures of Moomin valley have been br ...Show more
The Curious Explorer's Guide to the Moominhouse by Tove Jansson
$17.99 AUD
Category: Children's & YA | Series: Ladybird Readers
"Hidden in the furthest northern corner of the forests is the MAGICAL land of Moominvalley. Come and explore the Moominhouse as Little My searches for her friend Moomintroll!"
The Dangerous Journey by Tove Jansson, Sophie Hannah
$22.99 AUD
Category: Children's & YA | Series: Moomins | Reading Level: Children's - Kindergarten, Age 5-6
A little girl is transported with the help of magic glasses from the tedium of a summer afternoon into an exciting world of mangrove swamps, spluttering volcanoes and sea where birds fly upside down and wild things threaten to pounce. But she is not alone. Old friends from Moomin Valley - Hemulen, Sniff ...Show more
The Exploits of Moominpappa (#4) by Tove Jansson
$22.99 AUD
Category: Children's & YA | Series: Moomin
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.