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The Invisible Guest in Moominvalley

English

By (author): Cecilia Davidsson Tove Jansson

Illustrated by: Filippa Widlund

A stunning and classic picture book, with a special textured cover, The Invisible Guest in Moominvalley is the perfect gift for Moomin fans of all ages.

In Moominvalley everyone is welcome. So when Too-ticky arrives with an unusually invisible guest, Ninny, the Moomins endeavor to make their guest feel at home, armed with remedies to gently draw their new guest into visibility allowing her to regain her once lost voice.

This unique retelling of Tove Jansson's touching short story The Invisible Child captures Jansson's wise, perceptive and original voice and includes delicate, painterly illustrations full of character and detail and based on Jansson's original drawings and colour plates.

A new generation of readers will enjoy meeting the lovable Moomin family and friends, with their special values of tolerance, kindness and integrity, as they help feel Ninny feel safe and one of the family.

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Product Details
  • Weight: 360g
  • Dimensions: 203 x 268mm
  • Publication Date: 06 Feb 2020
  • Publisher: Pan Macmillan
  • Publication City/Country: United Kingdom
  • Language: English
  • Age Group: Ages 0-5
  • ISBN13: 9781529010275

About Cecilia DavidssonTove 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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