Here endeth my study of the Moomins and their fellow creatures. I'll miss them.A number of creatures feel unsettled and decide to make their ways to Moomin Valley, so as to hang out in a sensible household, i.e. that run my Moominmamma and Moominpappa. But the Moomins are not there. So, the creature...
After several "difficult" books, I figured it was time to revisit the Moomins. Sadly, this will be my last visit with them for a while, I plucked the last two Moomin books from the children's shelves in our library, and there won't be anymore for me to enjoy. Anyway, in this book, it seems that Moom...
In my opinion, Tove Jannson is the best children's author who ever lived and one of the ten greatest authors of the twentieth century. I have only read her Moomintroll work and not the work for adults, but I have read almost all of the Moomintroll books, picture books and comic strips. In this rev...
Moominvalley in November was a charming read, full of a good fall atmosphere. I've heard about Jansson's stuff for years, but for whatever reason I never thought to look for Moomin books at the library -- and then I saw this one sitting there, cover out, in the YA section. It took me a little while ...
What do I say about this book? I'm not sure I understood a lot of it. Who, for example, is Little My and how did she get into Moominpappa's family? What exactly are Moominpappa and Moominmamma? Not that any of these questions really matter. I loved the book even though I didn't completely get it. I ...
The Moominfamily have gone away. No one knows where they are. Several people come to their house hoping for one reason or another to find them and some of them stay for quite awhile, sleeping in their beds and forming an odd waiting society but eventually for one reason and another most of them go...