Finn Family Moomintroll

Tove Jansson, Elizabeth Portch (trans.)

Finn Family Moomintroll
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Penguin Random House Children's UK
Country
United Kingdom
Published
7 November 2023
Pages
192
ISBN
9780241588192

Finn Family Moomintroll

Tove Jansson, Elizabeth Portch (trans.)

The Moomins are one of the most loved and iconic creations in children's books. This limited edition, complete with a stunning new cover design, celebrates 75 years of Finn Family Moomintroll.

Cheerful Moomintroll lives in the magical Moominvalley with his mother, Moominmamma, his father, Moominpappa and all of their friends. One spring he wakes up to find a big hat - a magical Hobgoblin hat, no less, that mysteriously transforms anyone or anything that falls into it. . .

Review

While I’d hate to imply that I was deprived, I do feel some sadness that I only learned about the Moomins after my childhood had ended, when I began working at a children’s bookshop at 20 and was introduced to Tove Jansson’s incredible body of work by my colleagues. Finn Family Moomintroll is one of the nine novels Jansson wrote featuring the Moomintrolls and their community of strange critters.

It opens as winter ends. The sun is out, everyone is waking up from a long sleep, and it is time for adventure. On the one hand, this is a book filled with action; there is magic, mysteries, and a voyage to a secret island. There is a cave and a party, there are dangers and delights to be found on each and every page. In saying that, the book is gentle. The moomins are thoughtful, philosophical creatures; at times they are mischievous, but never mean-spirited. Finn Family Moomintroll is filled with Jansson’s frank, charming Scandinavian humour and features many of her beautiful illustrations. It’s a book that would be suited to independent readers aged 9+, although the novel is split into seven chapters, each with a distinct plot, making it an excellent choice for sharing with a wider age range of family members at bedtime. Please do not deprive yourself or the young readers in your life of the Moomintrolls any longer!

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