A Year in the Moominhouse: A Carousel Book of the Seasons

(Hardback)

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Open this book and step into the Moominhouse, where the door is always open . . . A Year in the Moominhouse is a stunning carousel book, unfolding to reveal 3D scenes of the iconic blue Moominhouse through a year in Moominvalley. Beautifully illustrated by Filippa Widlund and based on Tove Jansson's classic Moomin artwork, A Year in the Moominhouse starts in spring, as new flowers peep through the ground and Snufkin returns from his winter wanderings. Enjoy a summer party, harvest mushrooms and berries with the family in autumn, and settle down to hibernate in the cold midwinter while Too-Ticky keeps warm in the bathhouse. With four beautifully-illustrated layers in each section, there are intricate details to spot and beloved characters to find all the way through. Featuring special cover finishes and a ribbon-tie closure, this stunning edition is a perfect gift for any Moomin fan, and a book to treasure for ever. Look out for other Moomin books from Macmillan, including The Moomins: The World of Moominvalley, What is a Moomin An Illustrated Guide in 100 Objects, and The Moomins Find a Home, a pop-up retelling of the first ever Moomin story.

Author Bio

Filippa Widlund is a Swedish illustrator who has created over 50 picture books for children. She illustrates children's books from her house on a hill overlooking a lake in a small town just outside Stockholm. Tove Jansson (1914 - 2001) was born in Helsinki to artist parents. She was to become a celebrated artist, political cartoonist and author, but she is best known as the creator of the Moomins, one of the most successful and beloved children's book series ever written. Inspired by summers spent on the islands off Finland and Sweden, Tove created the unique world of Moominvalley and all its inhabitants. The Moomins and The Great Flood, her first book to feature the Moomins, published in 1945. Tove went on to publish twelve Moomin books between 1945 and 1977, which have sold in their millions and been translated into over forty languages. In the 1950s the Moomins became a successful cartoon strip, which was to feature in newspapers all over the world. As the Moomins' fame grew, they began to appear in television series, plays, films and a varied merchandise program soon followed. Tove also painted throughout her life and wrote novels and short stories, including the acclaimed Summer Book. But the Moomin world was never far away. As Tove said, "You feel a cold wind on your legs when you step outside Moomin Valley," In 1966, Tove received the Hans Christian Andersen Award for her lasting contribution to children's literature.