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The Curious Explorer's Guide to the Moominhouse by Tove Jansson
$23.00 NZD
Category: Picture books | Series: Ladybird Readers
"Hidden in the furthest northern corner of the forests is the MAGICAL land of Moominvalley. Come and explore the Moominhouse as Little My searches for her friend Moomintroll!"
The Dangerous Journey by Tove Jansson, Sophie Hannah
$29.00 NZD
Category: Picture books | Series: Moomins | Reading Level: Children's - Kindergarten, Age 5-6
A little girl is transported with the help of magic glasses from the tedium of a summer afternoon into an exciting world of mangrove swamps, spluttering volcanoes and sea where birds fly upside down and wild things threaten to pounce. But she is not alone. Old friends from Moomin Valley - Hemulen, Sniff ...Show more
The Exploits of Moominpappa (#4 HB) by Tove Jansson
$26.00 NZD
Category: Children's fiction | Series: Moomins
'I decided to run away. There simply wasn't anything else to do.' Here at last is Moominpappa's promised life story - from the days when he was abandoned in a newspaper parcel on the doorstep of a Moomin orphanage, to when he ran away to see the world and was lucky enough to meet Moominmamma.
The Invisible Guest in Moominvalley (Adapted by Alex Haridi) by Tove Jansson; Cecilia Davidsson
$28.00 NZD
Category: Children's fiction
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 ...Show more
The Listener by Tove Jansson
$28.00 NZD
Category: World fiction
In her first ever story collection, Jansson revealed the clarity of vision and light philosophical touch that were to become her hallmark. From the good listener who begins to betray the secrets confided to her, to vignettes of a city storm or the slow halting of spring, these stories are gifts of origi ...Show more
The Memoirs of Moominpappa by Tove Jansson
$23.00 NZD
Category: Children's fiction | Series: Moomins
One cold and windy autumn evening many years ago a newspaper parcel was found on the doorstep of the Home for Moomin Foundlings. In that parcel I lay, quite small and shivering with cold. So begins the remarkable The Memoirs of Moominpappa, a book written to delight his dear son Moomintroll and friend ...Show more
The Moomin Craft Book by Tove Jansson (Illustrator); Macmillan Children's Books Staff
$60.00 NZD
Category: Children Non-Fiction
A beautiful and stylish gift book filled with unique handcrafted projects, inspired by Tove Jansson's artwork and the world of the Moomins.Get creative with The Moomins Craft Book, a stylish Scandinavian craft book featuring over twenty-six beautiful projects, all inspired by the wonderful world of Tove ...Show more
The Moomins and the Great Flood by Tove Jansson
$25.00 NZD
Category: Children's classics | Series: Finn Family Moomintroll | Reading Level: near fine
Created in 1945, yet published in this country for the very first time, The Moomins and the Great Flood offers an extraordinary glimpse into the creativity and imagination that launched the Moomin books. Moominmamma and young Moomintroll search for the long lost Moominpappa through forest and flood, me ...Show more
The Summer Book by Tove Jansson
$30.00 NZD
Category: No Category | Series: New York Review Books Classics
In "The Summer Book" Tove Jansson distills the essence of the summer--its sunlight and storms--into twenty-two crystalline vignettes. This brief novel tells the story of Sophia, a six-year-old girl awakening to existence, and Sophia's grandmother, nearing the end of hers, as they spend the summer on a t ...Show more
The Summer Book by Tove Jansson
$24.99 NZD
Category: World fiction | Reading Level: very good
An elderly artist and her six-year-old grand-daughter are away on a summer together on a tiny island in the gulf of Finland. As the two learn to adjust to each other's fears, whims and yearnings, a fierce yet understated love emerges - one that encompasses not only the summer inhabitants but the very is ...Show more