Tove Jansson
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Meeting the Moomins…
One grey morning the first snow began to fall in the Valley of the Moomins. It fell softly and quietly, and in a few hours everything was white. Moomintroll stood on his doorstep and watched the world nestle beneath its… Continue reading
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Magical Finnish Stories – With Not a Moomin in Sight
Tove Jansson Writer and artist Tove Jansson is best known for her children’s books about the Moomins, which I have never read, but she also wrote for adults, and The Summer Book and A Winter Book are both utterly enchanting.… Continue reading
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The Summer Reading Pile
Well, Midsummer’s Day has been and gone, though the weather has been so dreadful if feels as if summer has never even arrived. June is over, and July is here. And even if the weather doesn’t improve, I can curl… Continue reading
The Book Trunk 