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Title: Moominsummer Madness by Tove Jansson, Thomas Warburton ISBN: 0-374-45310-1 Publisher: Sunburst Pub. Date: 01 March, 1992 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $5.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.91 (11 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: One of the best Moomin books...
Comment: I received this book as a Christmas present in the early 50s from a Finnish family whom my mother helped through the hard times of WWII and after with her version of CARE packages.
Moominsummer Madness became my favorite of all my books--read until the red hardboard cover faded to pink and the binding frayed. My personal favorite interaction is Moomintroll and the Fillyjonk at her hut in the spruce forest on Midsummer's Eve. When I first read it, I didn't have a clue what Midsummer was or what a spruce tree looked like, but I immediately resolved to have a life full of both as soon as I could escape from Eisenhowerian Oklahoma.
And I did just that.
Rating: 5
Summary: The greatest of all midsummer adventures
Comment: Now here's a book I really love. I loved it as a child, and at 20 I still find it unique and very fascinating. Jansson's Moomin books are all great, but this one is the most adventurous and imaginative. The dreamy, mysterious atmosphere is something you wouldn't ever expect to encounter in a children's book. A true masterpiece.
Rating: 5
Summary: Simply a Classic.
Comment: The Moomin books are extremely unique in the realm of children's literature. They are clean, endearing, thoughtful, a little dark, and always utterly enchanting. I am in high school now, and I still love to read these books.
I first recieved a copy of Finn Family Moomintroll from an aunt who read and loved them in HER childhood, spent in Japan. I devoured it, and promptly begged my mother to find more. Now, several years later, I am still held spellbound by these books. They are quirky, charming, full of clever witticisms and simple, wonderful turns of phrase, and are among the many hidden gems which so many cynical youngsters will scorn for lack of blood.
This book, though contains plenty of fun and even a little revenge (provided by Snufkin, of course,) but of course the characters are forever polite. Better yet, they set a good example for kids without shoving sticky-sweet morals down their throats. In addition, by setting the story around a theatre - which the Moomin family knows absolutely nothing about - Jansson gives the reader a humorous edge over the characters, which helps keep the story moving and the reader amused.
These books should be introduced to young, thoughtful children, older, shy children, college students, people going through mid-life crises, and/or those in rest homes. They are to be read in a comfy chair before a fire on a gray, rainy day, or with the snow coming down and a mug of cocoa. These books are only for those who have open, quiet minds, and for people ready to be enchanted and amazed.
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Title: Comet in Moominland by Tove Jansson, Elizabeth Portch ISBN: 0374413312 Publisher: Sunburst Pub. Date: 01 September, 1991 List Price(USD): $5.95 |
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Title: Tales from Moominvalley by Tove Jansson, Thomas Warburton ISBN: 0374474133 Publisher: Sunburst Pub. Date: 06 November, 1995 List Price(USD): $6.95 |
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Title: Moominpappa at Sea by Tove Jansson, Kingsley Hart ISBN: 0374453063 Publisher: Sunburst Pub. Date: 01 October, 1993 List Price(USD): $6.95 |
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Title: Moominvalley in November by Tove Jansson, Kingsley Hart ISBN: 0374453098 Publisher: Sunburst Pub. Date: 15 September, 2003 List Price(USD): $5.95 |
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Title: Moominpappa's Memoirs by Tove Jansson, Thomas Warburton ISBN: 0374453071 Publisher: Sunburst Pub. Date: 01 October, 1994 List Price(USD): $6.95 |
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