Alright, this is the second last book of the Moomin books I’ll be reviewing. Hooray, I hear you say! This one is a collection of short stories about the Moominvalley and its many inhabitants and characters. Some of these stories have been turned into children’s picture books. This is an easy book to read –…
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Book Review – The Exploits of Moominpappa
This is not the usual picture book that I’ve come to know of the Moomin series. The story is text-based and is aimed at children 10 years and up. It has an interesting title – Exploits of Mommipappa. Of course if you’ve not read any of the Moomin books, you would wonder what is a…
Book Review – Moomin and the Golden Leaf
This is a reminiscing and longing-for-a-friend kind of story. Moomin finds a golden leaf while picking berries for a punch that Moominmamma is making for the Autumn Ball that night. It would have been great if Moomin could find a tree with all golden leaves so he could give them as gifts to his friends….
Book Review – The Invisible Guest in Moominvalley
This is a story about a girl who started off as invisible and eventually found her ‘anger’ and became visible. Too-ticky brought an invisible guest in the Moomin family home. The Moomin family welcomed her especially Moominmamma who made her a dress and gave her medication/potion to make her visible again. Moominmamma looked after her…
Book Review – Moomin and the Ice Festival
Lately, I have been fascinated with the Moomin books by Tove Jansson. I think I’ve borrowed every single book that my library holds (including a DVD!). The Moomin book collection mainly consists of children’s picture books but I have a few waiting to be read that are in the novel format. So here’s the first…
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