As Tove said, ' You feel a cold wind on your legs when you step outside Moomin Valley.' In 1966, Tove received the Hans Christian Andersen Award for her lasting contribution to children's literature. Tove also painted throughout her life and wrote novels and short stories, including the acclaimed Summer Book. As the Moomins' fame grew, they began to appear in television series, plays, films and a varied merchandise program soon followed. Description: Drawn from youth and older age, and spanning most of the 20th century, this newly translated selection provides a thrilling showcase of the great Finnish writers prose. In the 1950s the Moomins became a successful cartoon strip, which was to feature in newspapers all over the world. A Winter Book : Selected Stories by Tove Jansson EN.

Tove went on to publish twelve Moomin books between 19, which have sold in their millions and been translated into over forty languages. Chris Stewart (author, Driving Over Lemons) Eccentric, funny, wise, full of joys and small adventures. Philip Pullman This is a wonderful, life-affirming, spirited book. The Moomins and The Great Flood, her first book to feature the Moomins, published in 1945. This is a marvellous, beautiful, wise novel, which is also very funny. Inspired by summers spent on the islands off Finland and Sweden, Tove created the unique world of Moominvalley and all its inhabitants. She was to become a celebrated artist, political cartoonist and author, but she is best known as the creator of the Moomins, one of the most successful and beloved children's book series ever written. Tove Jansson (1914 - 2001) was born in Helsinki to artist parents.

The Summer Book by Tove Jansson