I’ve posted these picture of Tove Jansson because she is ace! She was from Helskini.. where so many good things come from – and was an amazing illustrator of beautiful children’s books. I haven’t read ANY of these.. but i want to.. have you got any? I’d love to know… my sister-in-law has been telling me about these for years, and I kept forgetting the title.. and now.. here they are and she’s right.. I want them!
You can find more HOT kids illo tips over here… beware.. it’s super good.
Mikes xx
tove rocks! you can see the moomintroll tv series on youtube and it’s very beautiful 🙂 my son (2.5) is right into it (‘moomins moomins’ he cries …)- also I heard there are moomintroll talking books narrated by hugh laurie!
“Who Will Comfort Toffle?” is my favourite book. Wonderful illustrations, great names and I got my copy at Metropolis Books in the city.
Ah, Tove Jansson is the best!
i’m with you on the moomin/tove/book by its cover – lovefest. we somehow missed the moomins when my son was the right age, so i am reading them myself now. the summer book is soooo good, too!
I recently had a brief stop over in Helsinki airport and they have a whole Moomin shop there filled with all sorts of lovely bits and pieces. It was so popular (the shop was packed) but I had never heard of Moomin until then. It’s so cute isn’t it?
hahah i see you are getting the Moomins bug now.
i nvr knew them till i got on the whole international swapping thingy a year ago.
What lovely work. My parents just visited their friend Tove (pronounced Torv to we Australians) in Norway this year. It’s such a pretty name for such a clever lady. Love Posie
LOVE her! I have elderly copies of Finn Family Moomintroll and Comet in Moominland from when I was 8 or 9… And The Summer Book is lined up in my reading queue – I didn’t realize she wrote adult books too until someone recommended this to me last year – it’s a novel about a girl who spends summers with her artist grandmother on a little Finnish island, based on her own experiences.