Moomin's First 100 Words
By (Author) Tove Jansson
Penguin Random House Children's UK
Puffin
15th August 2023
10th August 2023
United Kingdom
Children
Non Fiction
Picture books: character books
Early years: letters and words
Board book
16
Width 260mm, Height 260mm, Spine 10mm
486g
Join Moomintroll and his friends as they share their favourite words in this board book, with lots of flaps! If you haven't met a Moomin yet, you're missing the most magical fun . . . Have fun learning first words with Moomintroll and his friends in this brightly coloured board book with flaps.
Tove Jansson was born in Finland in 1914. She began her career as a cartoonist and went on to write and illustrate many books for adults and children. She drew her first Moomin in the 1930s, just for fun, and in 1945 he became a character in a children's story. Tove became world-famous for her Moomin books, which began with The Moomins and the Great Flood in 1945, closely followed by Comet in Moominland in 1946, Finn Family Moomintroll in 1948 and six more Moomin adventures. During the winter months Tove lived and worked in Helsinki, but in the summertime she stayed on a beautiful remote island in the Gulf of Finland with her long-term partner, the artist Tuulikki Pietil . Tove Jansson received many prestigious awards during her lifetime, including the international Hans Christian Andersen Medal. She died in 2001, aged eighty-seven.