Description

It's winter in Moominvalley and Moomintroll and his family are getting ready for the Long Winter Sleep. But as the first flakes of snow fall, they receive an exciting invitation to the Ice Festival. Will they be brave enough to venture out now winter is here?

Join Moomintroll and his friends for a most magical wintry adventure in this beautiful picture book based on the original stories by Tove Janssen.

About the Author

Tove Jansson (Author, Illustrator)
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'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 Pietila. Tove Jansson received many prestigious awards during her lifetime, including the international Hans Christian Andersen Medal. She died in 2001, aged eighty-seven.

Book Information
ISBN 9780141375601
Author Tove Jansson
Format Paperback
Page Count 32
Imprint Puffin
Publisher Penguin Random House Children's UK
Series MOOMIN
Weight(grams) 184g
Dimensions(mm) 260mm * 215mm * 5mm

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