Tove Jansson
Author
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
'The Summer Book' is a fresh, vivid and magical novel about seemingly endless summers of discovery. An elderly artist and her six-year-old granddaughter while away the summer together, on a tiny island in the Gulf of Finland, their solitude disturbed only by migrating birds and sudden storms.
Publisher
Puffin
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Description
The Moomin family are relaxing on holiday; with the exception of Moomin. Every night he is being visited by a little ghost and Moomin is getting more and more scared of him. His friends and family don't know what to do to help him. Then one night, Moomin's beloved friend - Snorkmaiden - goes missing and Moomin bravely sets off to find her.
Publisher
Puffin
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
When Moomintroll and Sniff find a message in a bottle down on the shore, it leads to an expedition to Lonely Island on a little raft. High winds and a storm at sea nearly lead to disaster but they are rescued by a new friend, the ever-resourceful Too-Ticky.
Author
Publisher
Puffin
Pub. Date
2015
Language
English
Description
When Too-Ticky lends Moomintroll her most precious telescope, Moomin promises to take special care of it. But the telescope mysteriously vanishes! Poor Moomintroll doesn't know what to do - what will he tell Too-Ticky? Surely no-one in Moominvalley would have stolen it?
Author
Publisher
Puffin
Pub. Date
2015
Language
English
Description
When Moomintroll finds a beautiful shiny pebble, Snorkmaiden thinks it might be a star - and if it is a star, then Moomin can make a wish! But wishes are difficult things to get right, and while Moomin worries about what his will be, the star's shine begins to fade ...
Author
Publisher
Puffin
Pub. Date
c1959
Language
English
Description
Although they're small, fat and shy creatures, Moomins have the most amazing adventures. This book is part of a series of highly imaginative stories written for younger readers that describes how the Moomins deal with a comet speeding towards the Earth.