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Title: Comet in Moominland (Moomintrolls)
ISBN: 0374413312
Author:
Tove Jansson
Publicate Date: 1991-09-01
Publish: 1991-09-01
List Price: $6.95
Average Customer Rating: 5.0
Format: Paperback
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Amazon Lowest New Price: $3.20
Amazon Lowest Used Price: $2.50
Amazon Merchant Price: $6.95
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1: Unmissable Finnish Wonderland
Have you never read Tove Jansson's "Moominland" books? Just as soon as you've finished this review, shut down the computer, find copies and read them immediately. Read them, whether you're 8, 38 or 88.
Why is she so good? She created characters whom we recognise and believe in at once, even when they look like small white hippopotamuses, a rustic scarecrow or a bloated aardvark. They live in a world that is unpredictable, peculiar, higgledy-piggledy, wondrous, fragile and as real as a pile of bricks.
She is funny without trying and, like A.A. Milne, describes foibles and clashes that we have all witnessed. She can sustain a tone of child-like inconsequence, delight in the ordinary and lack of surprise at the utterly surprising, that only rare luminaries of children's writing (Lewis Carroll, Hugh Lofting) have ever managed.
And when she wants to, all of a sudden, she can shine a beam of pure poetry on the mystery, the loneliness, the terror, the strangeness of being alive. The Hattifatteners, part worm, part axolotl, part spook, who endlessly wander the world in a mob in quest of something unknown, and who become dangerous to touch during a thunderstorm, are one of the marvels of fiction.
Every title in the series should be read, but this is my favourite. If all of my books were about to be drowned in the deluge and I had a choice between rescuing this, or "War and Peace", or "Crime and Punishment", sorry Leo, sorry Fyodor, this is the one I would save.
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2: Tove Jansson's Wonderful Moominworld
If you have a child age 4 - 10 years-old get this book now. Do not wait. The world could be coming to an end. What is that thing in the sky anyway?
Adventures abound while above the comet looms. The characters are filled with foibles and nobility. Moomintroll and the Snork Maiden are one of the world's greatest couples, even if they are about 11 years-old and completely asexual. Love does not conquer all, but it sure takes the sting out.
Hurry! Moominmamma, Fillijonks, the Snork Maiden, Little My, Hemulens and Groks are all waiting to meet you. You do not want to miss them, but more importantly you do not want your child to grow up without them.
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3: Timeless Enjoyment
I too grew up reading these books, then bought them for my own children to read, and now still enjoy reading them from time to time - sure it is an easy read for an adult, but what better way to spend a dark, rainy day then to curl up with a fun book that brings back all those warm and happy thoughts of childhood?!
I am so delighted to find that these are still available today and recommend them to everyone, young and old alike.
If you're intrested in more great Scandinavian literature, I highly recommend Kay Nielsen, who published a book by the name of "East of The Sun, West Of The Moon" filled with fantastically magical Scandinavian folk/fairy tales and his stunning artwork! I am not sure if it is still available to buy but should be in your local library. If not if you request it they can probably send for a copy.
Hope this was helpful!!:-)
~Most Happy~
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((????.??' ..??' -:??:- ~Lady Anne~
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4: Comet in Moominland, Paperback
Wonderful book for both children and adults. I fell in love with moomin adventures as a kid and wanted to share it with my child. He loved it too.The charm of the Moomin Valley never fades.
The shipping was fast and the book was in mint condition, I am very pleased with this purchase.
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5: Not Free SF Reader
Large astronomical objects blow up everything, even trolls.
So what is a young moomin to do when threatened with extinction by big space rock smooshing? Set out to save the world of course, preferably with a bunch of friends. If you make some new ones on the way, then that is perfectly fine as well. How exactly a short funny looking little guy can have his own astronomical impact requires a bit of invention.
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