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| Author | : Tove Jansson |
| Publisher | : Macmillan |
| Release Date | : 2010-04-27 |
| ISBN | : 0312608896 |
| Pages | : 173 pages |
| Rating | : 4.3/5 (126 download) |
Download or read book Finn Family Moomintroll written by Tove Jansson and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2010-04-27 with total page 173 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Moomintroll, Sniff, and Snufkin, who live in the forests of Finland, find a hobgoblin's hat.
| Author | : Tove Jansson |
| Publisher | : Penguin UK |
| Release Date | : 2003-02-27 |
| ISBN | : 0141326433 |
| Pages | : 160 pages |
| Rating | : 4.1/5 (413 download) |
Download or read book Comet in Moominland written by Tove Jansson and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2003-02-27 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A comet is speeding towards Earth and nobody knows what to do! Will it destroy everything and everyone? Moomintroll decides to find out. So, with Sniff, he sets out on an expedition that promises to be packed with adventure and excitement!
| Author | : Macmillan Adult's Books |
| Publisher | : Pan Macmillan |
| Release Date | : 2020-05-28 |
| ISBN | : 152905575X |
| Pages | : pages |
| Rating | : 4.5/5 (29 download) |
Download or read book The Moomins: The World of Moominvalley written by Macmillan Adult's Books and published by Pan Macmillan. This book was released on 2020-05-28 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A showstopping luxury gift book to cherish for years to come, The Moomins: The World of Moominvalley is the ultimate guide for any Moomin fan, old and new. Step into the magical world of Moominvalley with this beautiful one of a kind book; a fun, fascinating, behind the scenes look at the wonderful world of the Moomins and their creator, Tove Jansson. Filled with illustrated maps and family trees, facts about Moomintroll behaviour and habits, this gorgeous book contains all you could wish to know about the beloved characters from the original Moomin stories and the world in which they live. Find out all about Moomintroll's adventures, Moominmamma's handbag and Moominpappa's diary and discover all the favourite Moomin characters, including Snork Maiden, Snufkin, Sniff and Little My. Get a glimpse behind the studio door of the uniquely talented Tove Jansson. Featuring original Moomin drawings, colour studies and stunning sketches of her iconic characters, as well as family photographs and Tove's childhood drawings. With a luxuriously designed die-cut cover featuring gold foil, this breathtaking hardback is the perfect addition to the collection of any Moomin fan. Written by the winner of the Roald Dahl Funny Prize, Philip Ardagh, with contributions from bestselling children's author, screenwriter and Moomin devotee, Frank Cottrell-Boyce, The Moomins: The World of Moominvalley is a highly illustrated, beautifully designed gift book for all Moomin fans to treasure.
| Author | : Tove Jansson |
| Publisher | : Macmillan |
| Release Date | : 2010-08-31 |
| ISBN | : 0312625413 |
| Pages | : 159 pages |
| Rating | : 4.3/5 (126 download) |
Download or read book Moominland Midwinter written by Tove Jansson and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2010-08-31 with total page 159 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Moomintroll wakes up in January, he finds that winter has changed all his favorite places.
| Author | : Tove Jansson |
| Publisher | : Sort of Books |
| Release Date | : 2019-10-03 |
| ISBN | : 1908745738 |
| Pages | : 415 pages |
| Rating | : 4.9/5 (87 download) |
Download or read book Letters from Tove written by Tove Jansson and published by Sort of Books. This book was released on 2019-10-03 with total page 415 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "I find myself talking to you about all the great joys, all the agonies, all my thoughts..." Letter to Eva Konikova, 1946 Out of the thousands of letters Tove Jansson wrote a cache remains that she addressed to her family, her dearest confidantes, and her lovers, male and female. Into these she spilled her innermost thoughts, defended her ideals and revealed her heart. To read these letters is both an act of startling intimacy and a rare privilege. Penned with grace and humour, Letters from Tove offers an almost seamless commentary on Tove Jansson's life as it unfolds within Helsinki's bohemian circles and her island home. Spanning fifty years between her art studies and the height of Moomin fame, we share with her the bleakness of war; the hopes for love that were dashed and renewed, and her determined attempts to establish herself as an artist. Vivid, inspiring and shining with integrity, Letters from Tove shows precisely how an aspiring and courageous young artist can evolve into a very great one.
| Author | : Boel Westin |
| Publisher | : Sort of Books |
| Release Date | : 2013-12-18 |
| ISBN | : 1908745460 |
| Pages | : 398 pages |
| Rating | : 4.9/5 (87 download) |
Download or read book Tove Jansson Life, Art, Words written by Boel Westin and published by Sort of Books. This book was released on 2013-12-18 with total page 398 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Finnish-Swedish writer and artist Tove Jansson achieved worldwide fame as the creator of the Moomin stories, written between 1945 and 1970 and still in print in more than twenty languages. However, the Moomins were only a part of her prodigious output. Already admired in Nordic art circles as a painter, cartoonist and illustrator, she would go on to write a series of classic novels and short stories. She remains Scandinavia's best loved author. Tove Jansson's work reflected the tenets of her life: her love of family (and special bond with her mother), of nature, and her insistence on freedom to pursue her art. Love and work was the motto she chose for herself and her approach to both was joyful and uncompromising. If her relationships with men foundered on her ambivalence towards marriage, those with women came as a revelation, especially the love and companionship she found with her long-time partner, the artist Tuulikki Pietilä, with whom she lived on the solitary island of Klovharu. In this meticulously researched, authorised biography, Boel Westin draws together the many threads of Jansson's life: from the studies interrupted to help her family; the dark shades of war and her emergence as an artist with a studio of her own; to the years of Moomin-mania, and later novel writing. Based on numerous conversations with Tove, and unprecedented access to her journals, letters and personal archives, Tove Jansson: Life, Art, Words offers a rare and privileged insight into the world of a writer whom Philip Pullman described, simply, as 'a genius'.
| Author | : Zoe Jaques |
| Publisher | : Routledge |
| Release Date | : 2015-02-11 |
| ISBN | : 1136674918 |
| Pages | : 272 pages |
| Rating | : 4.1/5 (366 download) |
Download or read book Children's Literature and the Posthuman written by Zoe Jaques and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2015-02-11 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An investigation of identity formation in children's literature, this book brings together children’s literature and recent critical concerns with posthuman identity to argue that children’s fiction offers sophisticated interventions into debates about what it means to be human, and in particular about humanity’s relationship to animals and the natural world. In complicating questions of human identity, ecology, gender, and technology, Jaques engages with a multifaceted posthumanism to understand how philosophy can emerge from children's fantasy, disclosing how such fantasy can build upon earlier traditions to represent complex issues of humanness to younger audiences. Interrogating the place of the human through the non-human (whether animal or mechanical) leads this book to have interpretations that radically depart from the critical tradition, which, in its concerns with the socialization and representation of the child, has ignored larger epistemologies of humanness. The book considers canonical texts of children's literature alongside recent bestsellers and films, locating texts such as Gulliver’s Travels (1726), Pinocchio (1883) and the Alice books (1865, 1871) as important works in the evolution of posthuman ideas. This study provides radical new readings of children’s literature and demonstrates that the genre offers sophisticated interventions into the nature, boundaries and dominion of humanity.
| Author | : Tove Jansson |
| Publisher | : National Geographic Books |
| Release Date | : 2019-03-26 |
| ISBN | : 0241344549 |
| Pages | : 0 pages |
| Rating | : 4.2/5 (413 download) |
Download or read book Tales From Moominvalley written by Tove Jansson and published by National Geographic Books. This book was released on 2019-03-26 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Soon to be MOOMINVALLEY, a MAJOR ANIMATED SERIES on SKY ONE starring Taron Egerton and Rosamund Pike! If you found a tiny golden dragon with green paws, would you know what to do with it? Moomintroll thinks he does, but when he takes his new-found pet home, things don't quite work out as planned. And suppose Too-ticky brought you an invisible child, would you know how to make her visible again? Meet new and delightful characters and re-encounter old friends, such as Snufkin and Little My in this entertaining collection of nine stories about the trials and tribulations of the inhabitants of Moominvalley. There are some new characters to meet, such as the Fillyjonk and the Hattifatteners, as well as old friends, namely Snufkin and Little My - and not to mention dear Moominpappa, Moominmamma and Moomintroll of course!
| Author | : Macmillan Adult's Books |
| Publisher | : Pan Macmillan |
| Release Date | : 2020-05-28 |
| ISBN | : 1529055741 |
| Pages | : 160 pages |
| Rating | : 4.5/5 (29 download) |
Download or read book The Moomin Craft Book written by Macmillan Adult's Books and published by Pan Macmillan. This book was released on 2020-05-28 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Get creative with The Moomin Craft Book, a stylish Scandinavian craft book featuring over twenty-six beautiful projects, all inspired by the wonderful world of Tove Jansson's Moomins. Make some Moomin mittens, learn how to crochet a Moomintroll and get creative with stylish Moomin jewellery and Moomin-themed decorations and flowers! This book is packed with craft techniques and activities including: sewing, knitting, crochet, paper craft, painting, jewellery-making and needle felt, all with step-by-step instructions. Beautifully designed with stunning photography throughout, The Moomin Craft Book is perfect for Moomin fans and keen creatives of all ages, featuring activities suitable for young children as well as more challenging projects for experienced adult crafters.
| Author | : Jonathan Clements |
| Publisher | : Stone Bridge Press |
| Release Date | : 2015-02-09 |
| ISBN | : 1611729092 |
| Pages | : 1160 pages |
| Rating | : 4.6/5 (117 download) |
Download or read book The Anime Encyclopedia, 3rd Revised Edition written by Jonathan Clements and published by Stone Bridge Press. This book was released on 2015-02-09 with total page 1160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Impressive, exhaustive, labyrinthine, and obsessive—The Anime Encyclopedia is an astonishing piece of work."—Neil Gaiman Over one thousand new entries . . . over four thousand updates . . . over one million words. . . This third edition of the landmark reference work has six additional years of information on Japanese animation, its practitioners and products, plus incisive thematic entries on anime history and culture. With credits, links, cross-references, and content advisories for parents and libraries. Jonathan Clements has been an editor of Manga Max and a contributing editor of Newtype USA. Helen McCarthy was founding editor of Anime UK and editor of Manga Mania.
| Author | : Alison Lurie |
| Publisher | : Random House |
| Release Date | : 2011-01-11 |
| ISBN | : 1446434478 |
| Pages | : 256 pages |
| Rating | : 4.4/5 (464 download) |
Download or read book Boys And Girls Forever written by Alison Lurie and published by Random House. This book was released on 2011-01-11 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Are some of the world's most talented writers of children's books essentially children themselves? In this engaging series of essays, Pulitzer prize-winning author Alison Lurie considers this theory, exploring children's classics from many eras and relating them to the authors who wrote them, including Louisa May Alcott, creator of Little Women, and Salman Rushdie and his Haroun and the Sea of Stories, Dr Seuss and J. K. Rowling. In analysing these and many other authors, Alison Lurie shows how these gifted writers have used children's literature to transfigure sorrow, nostalgia and the struggles of their own experience.
| Author | : Ladybird |
| Publisher | : National Geographic Books |
| Release Date | : 2019-03-19 |
| ISBN | : 0241365376 |
| Pages | : 0 pages |
| Rating | : 4.2/5 (413 download) |
Download or read book Moomin: The Wish Activity Book - Ladybird Readers Level 2 written by Ladybird and published by National Geographic Books. This book was released on 2019-03-19 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One day, Moomin saw something in the water. It was small and white. It was a beautiful star! Moomin can make a wish. What does he ask for? Ladybird Readers is a graded reading series of traditional tales, popular characters, modern stories, and non-fiction, written for young learners of English as a foreign or second language. Recommended for children aged 4+, the five levels of Readers and Activity Books follow the CEFR framework (Pre-A1 to A2) and include language activities that help develop key skills and provide preparation for the Cambridge English: Young Learners (YLE) Starters, Movers and Flyers exams. This Level 2 Activity Book is A1 in the CEFR framework and supports YLE Movers exams. The activities encourage children to practice short sentences containing a maximum of two clauses, introducing the past tense and some simple adverbs.
| Author | : Lars Jansson |
| Publisher | : Drawn and Quarterly |
| Release Date | : 2014-07-01 |
| ISBN | : 9781770461574 |
| Pages | : 0 pages |
| Rating | : 4.4/5 (615 download) |
Download or read book Moomin Book Nine written by Lars Jansson and published by Drawn and Quarterly. This book was released on 2014-07-01 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "[Moomin is] a quirky, original comic strip masterpiece." -Myla Goldberg, author of Bee Season Moomin: The Complete Lars Jansson Comic Strip, Volume Nine welcomes readers back to the beloved world of Moominvalley, where pancakes and jam are a perfectly acceptable supper and a damsel in distress can live in a prefabricated castle. The ninth volume of Tove and Lars Jansson's classic comic strip features the beloved "Fuddler and Married Life" story. Together, the four stories in this collection display the poignancy, whimsy, and philosophical bent that constitute the Moomins' enduring appeal. ALSO AVAILABLE:The Book About Moomin, Mymble and Little My / 978-1-897299-95-1 / $16.95 Moomin & the Comet / 978-1-77046-122-2 / $9.95 Moomin & the Sea / 978-1-77046-123-9 / $9.95 Moomin Book One / 978-1-894937-80-1 / $19.95 Moomin Book Two / 978-1-897299-19-7 / $19.95 Moomin Book Three / 978-1-897299-55-5 / $19.95 Moomin Book Four / 978-1-897299-78-4 / $19.95 Moomin Book Five / 978-1-897299-94-4 / $19.95 Moomin Book Six / 978-1-77046-042-3 / $19.95 Moomin Book Seven / 978-1-77046-062-1 / $19.95 Moomin Book Eight / 978-1770461215 / $19.95 Moomin Builds a House / 978-1-77046-108-6 / $9.95 Moomin Every Day / 978-1-77046-043-0 / $22.95 Moomin Falls in Love / 978-1-77046-107-9 / $9.95 Moomin's Winter Follies / 978-1-77046-098-0 / $9.95 Moominvalley Turns Jungle / 978-1-77046-097-3 / $9.95 Who Will Comfort Toffle? / 978-1-77046-017-1 / $16.95
| Author | : Ladybird |
| Publisher | : National Geographic Books |
| Release Date | : 2019-03-19 |
| ISBN | : 0241365295 |
| Pages | : 0 pages |
| Rating | : 4.2/5 (413 download) |
Download or read book Moomin: The Wish - Ladybird Readers Level 2 written by Ladybird and published by National Geographic Books. This book was released on 2019-03-19 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One day, Moomin sees something in the water. It is small and white. It is a beautiful star! Moomin can make a wish. What does he ask for? Ladybird Readers is a graded reading series of traditional tales, popular characters, modern stories, and non-fiction, written for young learners of English as a foreign or second language. Recommended for children aged 4+, the six levels of Readers and Activity Books follow the CEFR framework (Pre-A1 to A2) and include language activities that help develop key skills and provide preparation for the Cambridge English: Young Learners (YLE) exams. This Level 2 Reader is A1 in the CEFR framework and supports YLE Movers exams. Short sentences contain a maximum of two clauses, introducing the past tense and some simple adverbs.
| Author | : Virginia Lowe |
| Publisher | : Taylor & Francis |
| Release Date | : 2007 |
| ISBN | : 0415397235 |
| Pages | : 188 pages |
| Rating | : 4.4/5 (153 download) |
Download or read book Stories, Pictures And Reality written by Virginia Lowe and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2007 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Are children more sophisticated critics than we thought? This book challenges accepted ideas of children's ability to distinguish fiction and reality, working with two children as they explore their favourite books.
| Author | : R. Reginald |
| Publisher | : Detroit : Gale Research |
| Release Date | : 1992 |
| ISBN | : |
| Pages | : 1512 pages |
| Rating | : 4.4/5 (91 download) |
Download or read book Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature, 1975-1991 written by R. Reginald and published by Detroit : Gale Research. This book was released on 1992 with total page 1512 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Science fiction constitutes one of the largest and most widely read genres in literature, and this reference provides bibliographical data on some 20,000 science fiction, fantasy, and horror fiction books, as well as nonfiction monographs about the literature. A companion to Reginald's Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature, 1700-1974 (Gale, 1979), the present volume is alphabetically arranged by approximately 10,000 author names. The entry for each individual work includes title, publisher, date and place published, number of pages, hardbound or paperback format, and type of book (novel, anthology, etc.). Where appropriate, entries also provide translation notes, series information, pseudonyms, and remarks on special features (such as celebrity introductions). Includes indexes of titles, series, awards, and "doubles" (for locating volumes containing two novels). Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR.
| Author | : Rough Guides |
| Publisher | : Rough Guides UK |
| Release Date | : 2010-06-01 |
| ISBN | : 1848366965 |
| Pages | : 456 pages |
| Rating | : 4.8/5 (483 download) |
Download or read book The Rough Guide to Finland written by Rough Guides and published by Rough Guides UK. This book was released on 2010-06-01 with total page 456 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Rough Guide to Finland is the essential companion to this fascinating Scandinavian country with clear maps and coverage of all the best attractions. Packed with stunning photography and illustrations, explore the must-see highlights from the best summer and winter activities - including skiing, snowmobiling and reindeer and husky driving - to the remote villages that come to life in the summertime, with beaches, lake cruises and island hopping. Find detailed accounts of all Finland's major tourist attractions, including the cultural capitals of Helsinki, Turku and Tampere and the laconic seaside towns along Finland's southern and western coast, as well as sections on Finnish design and The great outdoors. You'll find informed, practical advice on what to see and do whilst relying on countless recommendations for Finland's best restaurants, bars, cafés, shops and hotels for every budget and style. With authoritative background on Finland's intricate history and expert tips on how to get around the beautiful national parks, this is your must-have guide. Make the most of your holiday with The Rough Guide to Finland.
