Their belated recovery from crumbling newsprint into five eventual volumes seems almost as fantastical and life-affirming as the Moomin fables themselves.' - The Independent, strips, more than 800 in five years, stand as perennial classics of children's literature across the Nordic lands. Here is where Jansson's weird but true world begins where fear, loneliness and insecurity are banished by love and the force of imagination.' ' strips, more than 800 in five years, stand as perennial classics of children's literature across the Nordic lands.

But then the hattifatteners appear-mute, sock-like animals that grow from seeds and chase after electric storms. Here is where Jansson's weird but true world begins where fear, loneliness and insecurity are banished by love and the force of imagination., 'The Moomin family strays far from the tranquil charms of Moominvalley: on the French Riviera, Moominpappa gets drunk and Moomin's sweetheart, the Snork Maiden, is seduced by a toothy film star. Their belated recovery from crumbling newsprint into five eventual volumes seems almost as fantastical and life-affirming as the Moomin fables themselves.' -The Independent, The Moomin family strays far from the tranquil charms of Moominvalley: on the French Riviera, Moominpappa gets drunk and Moomin's sweetheart, the Snork Maiden, is seduced by a toothy film star.

'The Moomin family strays far from the tranquil charms of Moominvalley: on the French Riviera, Moominpappa gets drunk and Moomin's sweetheart, the Snork Maiden, is seduced by a toothy film star.

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