Moomin And The New Friend

Description

If you haven't met a Moomin yet, you're missing the most magical fun...'Sniff, this is the very best kind of treasure – you've found an Adventure!'When Moomin and Sniff find a message in a bottle, they set out on an expedition in search of a mysterious new friend. Snorkmaiden is worried that the new friend will take her place. What if Moonintroll forgets all about her?

Author description

Tove Jansson was born in Helsingfors, Finland, in 1914. Her mother was a caricaturist who designed 165 of Finland's stamps and her father was a sculptor. She studied painting in Finland, Sweden and France, and subsequently became a book illustrator. Her extraordinary illustrative style is seen as a design classic the world over. Originally written in Swedish, the Moomintroll books have been translated into 34 languages and adapted for television, film, radio and opera. Tove Jansson lived alone on a small island in the gulf of Finland, where most of her books were written. She died in 2001.