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The Book about Moomin, Mymble and Little My
TOVE
JANSSON
NEW
TRANSLATION BY SOPHIE HANNAH
"A
most welcome new edition of this brilliant picture book. A real
classic."
Financial Times Pick of the month
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 Finnish
artist Tove Jansson’s
Moomin stories have been continually in print for more than
half a century, in 35 languages. They are among Europe’s
best loved and enduring children’s classics, and through
the current TV animation (BBC2), the warm-hearted, whimsical
creatures of Moomin valley have been brought to a new younger
British audience.
Introducing the first Sort Of Children's Classic in a
new English version by Sophie Hannah. Sort of Books proudly
presents the original full colour Moomin picture book with its
irresistible cut-out page designs and playful rhyming text in
a new version by one of Britain's star poets.
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 "In
a children’s book there must be a path where the author
stands still and the child walks on. A threat or a wonder that
is never explained. A face that never shows itself entirely."
Tove Jansson
The
writer and artist Tove Jansson
(1914-2001) is a Scandinavian national treasure: she has a museum
dedicated to her work in her native Finland, and the Moomin
characters adorn everything from mugs to schoolbags. Elsewhere,
Moomin stories have been published in 35 languages.
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Praise
for Tove Jansson
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 "Every
so often a writer manages to create an imaginary world so convincingly
that thousands of others eventually come to share what in essence
was always a highly personal, individual fantasy. Such was the
claim for Tolkien’s Middle Earth and Mervyn Peake’s
Gormenghast, and the same claim can me made for the Finnish writer
and artist Tove Jansson."
Nicholas
Tucker, The Independent
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"Some
writers have the gift of being able to construct an entire coherent
and detailed world and to people it with more or less human creatures
out of their imagination . . . Somewhere at the top of any list
would be Tove Jansson."
Thomas Warburton, Virtual Finland
"Few
illustrators come near the economy, individualism and occasional
well-placed twinge of creepiness that Tove Jansson brought to
her sketches . . . should be on every child’s shelf.
Sarah
Johnson, The Times |
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 Sophie
Hannah
is
that rare thing: an acclaimed and best-selling poet. Her first
book was greeted with amazement. The Poetry Review declared,
'Shall I put it in capitals? SOPHIE HANNAH IS A GENIUS.' Each
subsequent collection has been informally more inventive, thematically
more complex, yet each has met with a similar welcome. Her latest
book, 'First of the Last Chances', was published in 2003.
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The
Book about Moomin, Mymble and Little My
was nominated 2001 Book of the Year by four major newspapers
and has been reprinted three times since publication
Ideal gift and perfect accompaniment
to the forthcoming Who Will Comfort Toffle?
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A
Moomin ‘rediscovery’ that will appeal to
fans of the new Moomin TV cartoon series as well as the Puffin
storybooks.
This is the first of four Moomin picture
books and launch title of the Sort Of Children’s
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"Brilliant
new edition . . . Sophie Hannah’s text teases and beguiles
at every turn."
Kate Kellaway, The Observer
"Full of the particular magic that only Tove Jansson can
evoke."
Philip Pullman, Financial Times
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"An
effective page-turner . . . loaded with appealing psychedelic
characters and exciting, eerrie locations."
Times
Educational Supplement
"Thanks to Sophie Hannah’s wonderful verse adaptation
. . . appeals to children and adults alike."
Daily Telegraph
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"Delightful,
and has an oddness to which modern illustrators might aspire."
The
Sunday Times
"A
most welcome new edition of this brilliant picture book. A real
classic." Financial Times Pick of the month
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"Should
be on every child’s shelf."
Sarah Johnson, The Times
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details of rights available please email
Natania
Jansz
at Sort Of |
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Age
Four to Infinity
Pub
date 4 October 2001
ISBN 0-9535227-4-1
Price £8.99
Format
Hardback (210x285 mm)
Extent 28pp
Illustration full colour throughout with cut-out sections |
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