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DescriptionPee-hoo! Have you met the Moomin family, and all their wonderful friends? There's so much to do in Moominvalley, from swimming in the sea to camping in the woods. Readers can use their stickers and join in all the summer fun. Author descriptionTove 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. |