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In the Observatory

Tove Jansson
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Product details

  • ISBN 9781035042654
  • Weight: 204g
  • Dimensions: 139 x 300mm
  • Publication Date: 01 May 2025
  • Publisher: Pan Macmillan
  • Publication City/Country: GB
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Description

Come and explore the Observatory in this brand new story based on Tove Jansson's magical world of Moominvalley. Lift the flaps and spot your favourite characters in this beautiful shaped board book.

Moomintroll and Snorkmaiden are following a trail of green smoke as they search for a Martian in the Observatory . . . but what will happen when they find him? Join Moomintroll and Snorkmaiden as they find mysterious things happening while they follow the smoke, past Stinky, Little My and some shrunken Moomins and creeps. Along the way, lift the flaps to explore rooms, peek into cupboards and peer behind doors. There are all kinds of wonderful things to find!

The perfect introduction for little ones to Tove Jansson’s world of Moominvalley, enjoy more fun-shaped Moomin adventures with In the Moominhouse and In the Lighthouse.
About Tove Jansson
Tove Jansson (1914 - 2001) was born in Helsinki to artist parents. She was to become a celebrated artist, political cartoonist and author, but she is best known as the creator of the Moomins, one of the most successful and beloved children's book series ever written. Inspired by summers spent on the islands off Finland and Sweden, Tove created the unique world of Moominvalley and all its inhabitants. The Moomins and The Great Flood, her first book to feature the Moomins, published in 1945. Tove went on to publish twelve Moomin books between 1945 and 1977, which have sold in their millions and been translated into over forty languages. In the 1950s the Moomins became a successful cartoon strip, which was to feature in newspapers all over the world. As the Moomins' fame grew, they began to appear in television series, plays, films and a varied merchandise program soon followed. Tove also painted throughout her life and wrote novels and short stories, including the acclaimed Summer Book. But the Moomin world was never far away. As Tove said, "You feel a cold wind on your legs when you step outside Moomin Valley," In 1966, Tove received the Hans Christian Andersen Award for her lasting contribution to children's literature.

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