by Tove Jansson · Puffin · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780140306095
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«Tales from Moominvalley» is Tove Jansson's collection of fantasy stories, published by Puffin in paperback (176 pages, in English).
The book brings together nine stories set in Moominvalley, featuring Moomintroll and his friends Snufkin and Little My, as well as creatures such as the Fillyjonk and the Hattifatteners. In one of the stories, Moomintroll finds a small golden dragon with green legs and takes it home, with unexpected results.
Seventh book in the Moomin series; it was originally published in Swedish in 1962 as «Det osynliga barnet och andra berättelser».
For readers aged 7 and up, and for fans of the Moomin or classic children's literature.
Tove Marika Jansson was a Finland-Swedish author, novelist and comic strip author, painter and illustrator. Brought up by artistic parents, her mother an illustrator and postage stamp designer, her father a sculptor, Jansson studied art from 1930 to 1938 in Helsinki, Stockholm, and Paris. She held her first solo art exhibition in 1943. Over the same period, she penned short stories and articles for publication, and subsequently drew illustrations for book covers, advertisements, and postcards. She continued her work as an artist and writer for the rest of her life.
