Finn Family Moomintroll

Finn Family Moomintroll is the second book in the cult classic Moomin series by Tove Jansson. A must-read for adults and children alike. 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 . . . 'They seem to grow in wisdom and delight every time I read them' - Philip Pullman 'A beautifully strange world, excquisitely illustrated' - 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 Comet in Moominland in 1946, closely followed by Finn Family Moomintroll . Tove Jansson received many prestigious awards during her lifetime, including the international Hans Christian Andersen Medal. She died in 2001, aged 87.

Product details

• Authors: Tove Jansson
• Assisted by: Tove Jansson (Illustration), Elizabeth Portch (Translation)
• Publisher: Puffin UK
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: ages 7 to 9
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.08.1973
• EAN: 9780140301502
• ISBN: 978-0-14-030150-2
• No. of pages: 160
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 198 mm x 9 mm
• Series: Moomins Fiction
• Subject: Children's and young people's books > Children's books up to 11 years of age