Moominpappa at Sea

Tove Jansson

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Puffin
16 April 2019

Children's & Educational; Classic fiction (Children's&YA); Fantasy & magical realism (Children's&YA)

Series: A Puffin Book

A Moomintroll is small and shy and fat, and has a Moominpappa and a Moominmamma. Moomins live in the forests of Finland.

One day Moominpappa is feeling at a loss. He has no idea what to do with himself because 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 quiet and lonely at first, but as they begin to explore their unusual surroundings the Moomins discover some funny and surprising new things about themselves.

By: Tove Jansson
Imprint: Puffin
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 198mm, Width: 129mm, Spine: 17mm
Weight: 191g
ISBN: 9780241344514
ISBN 10: 0241344514
Series: A Puffin Book
Pages: 272
Publication Date: 16 April 2019
Recommended Age: From 7 to 9 years
Audience: Children/juvenile , Children / Juvenile
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

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.

Reviews for Moominpappa at Sea

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