Tove Jansson, Author . Drawn & Quarterly $14.95 (95p) ISBN 978-1-894937-80-1
From 1953 to 1960, the late Finnish artist Jansson drew a comic strip about her creation Moomin for the London Evening News
. Though the strip was an enormous success around the world, this is the first North American edition of an expressive and...
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Tove Jansson, Author , trans. from the Swedish by Sophie Hannah. Drawn & Quarterly/Enfant $16.95 (20p) ISBN 978-1-897299-95-1
Some treasured picture books from yesteryear are back to tempt new generations of readers.
The Book About Moomin, Mymble and Little My
Tove Jansson
, trans. from the Swedish by Sophie Hannah. Drawn & Quarterly/Enfant
(FSG, dist.), $16.95 (20p)...
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Tove Jansson. Farrar, Straus and Giroux, $12.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-374-35050-5
This paper-over-board book launches a series based on Jansson’s original Moomin stories. Moomintroll—who resembles a white hippopotamus—is dismayed when none of his friends care about his birthday or his new golden button: “ ‘Snorkmaiden, Little My!
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Tove Jansson, trans. from the Swedish by Thomas Teal and Silvester Mazzarella. New York Review Books, $16.95 trade paper (304p) ISBN 978-1-59017-766-2
Like Jansson (The True Deceiver) herself, many of her protagonists are artists, be they illustrators and cartoonists or painters, authors, actors, architects, interior designers, or sculptors. Jansson frequently depicts people who in turn study...
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Tove Jansson, Author, Thomas Teal, Translator, Ali Smith, Introduction by , trans. from the Swedish by Thomas Teal. New York Review Books $14.95 (181p) ISBN 978-1-59017-329-9
Originally published in 1982, this novel by Finnish writer Jansson (1914–2001) examines desire and deception among residents of a remote snowbound village. Known as “the witch” by the local children (and equally unpopular with...
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Tove Jansson, Author, Tove Jansson, Illustrator, Thomas Warburton, Translator Farrar Straus Giroux $13.95 (176p) ISBN 978-0-374-35039-0
Newcomers to the long-established Moominvalley series might first glance at the simple, playfully illustrated appendix--``Moomin Gallery''--to acquaint themselves with the host of Moomin-species that adorn the plot. Once initiated, it's difficult...
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Tove Jansson, Author, Tove Jansson, Illustrator, Elizabeth Portch, Translator Farrar Straus Giroux $6.95 (176p) ISBN 978-0-374-42307-0
The initial volume in the Moomintroll series of Finnish fantasy, which dates back more than 40 years, opens as three of the fabulous folk in the Moomin Valley find the Hobgoblin's top hat. Ages 7-10. (Sept.)
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Tove Jansson, Author, Thomas Warburton, Translator Sunburst Books $7.99 (159p) ISBN 978-0-374-45310-7
The fanciful Moominfolk take to the stage as only they can in this series of droll escapades. Ages 7-10. (Apr.)
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Tove Jansson, Author, Kingsley Hart, Illustrator, Tove Jansson, Illustrator Farrar Straus Giroux $17 (176p) ISBN 978-0-374-35013-0
Moominvalley in November (1971) by Tove Jansson, the eighth book about the Moomins, winds up the series, as six friends of Moominpappa and Moominmamma travel separately to their home, only to find that the Finn family Moomintroll is gone. The ...
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Tove Jannson, Author, Tove Jansson, Author, Kingsley Hart, Translator Farrar Straus Giroux $7.99 (176p) ISBN 978-0-374-45309-1
Moominvalley in November (1971) by Tove Jansson, the eighth book about the Moomins, winds up the series, as six friends of Moominpappa and Moominmamma travel separately to their home, only to find that the Finn family Moomintroll is gone. The ...
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Edited by Boel Westin and Helen Svensson, trans. from the Swedish by Sarah Death. Univ. of Minnesota, $25.95 (496p) ISBN 978-1-5179-0957-4
This spirited collection of letters by Finnish author and illustrator Tove Jansson (1914–2001), best known for the “Moomin” children’s books and comics, brims with affection, humor, and artistry. Recognizing that for Jansson, letter writing was...
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