Tove Jansson
Author
Publisher
Enfant
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Formats
Description
One day Moomin notices that his tail is thinning. Worried that Snorkmaiden will no longer love him if his tail goes bald, he consults doctors, specialists, and even gets an X-ray. Nothing helps! That is, until Moominmamma cooks up a magic potion that works like a charm, but now Mommin's lustrous new tail is well, solid gold! Moomin becomes the toast of society, and the target of numerous journalists and money-making schemes. Moomin and the Golden...
Author
Publisher
Enfant
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Formats
Description
After a disastrous helicopter ride through a thunderstorm, the entire Moomin family is stranded on a desert island ... the very island their ancestors came from! They make the best of it, hunting for their supper, exploring mysterious tunnels, and salvaging items from a wrecked pirate ship (including the Mymble!), but their ancestors don't let them live in peace and quiet for too long.
Author
Publisher
Enfant
Pub. Date
2012.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Moomin wakes up one morning to find the pond frozen over, and rather than hibernate, the family decides to brave the winter weather. At first, their wintry adventure seems to be going swimmingly, until Mr. Brisk of the Great Outdoors Club takes over and forces everyone to embrace the winter sports, whether they want to or not.
Author
Publisher
New York Review Books
Pub. Date
©2008.
Language
English
Description
"This brief novel tells the story of Sophia, a six-year-old girl awakening to existence, and Sophia's grandmother, nearing the end of hers, as they spend the summer on a tiny unspoiled island in the Gulf of Finland."--Publisher's description.
Author
Series
Moomin books volume 3
Publisher
Farrar, Straus, Giroux
Pub. Date
2010
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
It is spring in the Valley of the Moomins. And Moomintroll and his friends Snufkin and Sniff make an exciting discovery of a hat with magical powers. They have many adventures until the hat produces something unexpected inside the Moomin household that makes everyone wonder if perhaps the magic is more trouble than it's worth.
7) Fair play
Author
Publisher
New York Review Books
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
Two women, both artists, live and work on opposite sides of a large apartment building. They have loved and argued for decades. Yet no matter how many times they've played the game, it is always capable of surprising them. Winner of the 2009 Bernard Shaw Prize for Translation.
8) Moomin
Publisher
Telescreen
Language
English
Description
"Moomin valley lies somewhere in the realm of fantasy, in what might best be described as a parallel world. But for Moomin, his family and friends and all other little beings of the valley, it is gigantic. For them Moomin valley is an exciting paradise with mountains and forests, oceans and islands. Everything may occur there and anything can suddenly make an appearance. Sometimes it appears dreadfully dangerous. But there is always a marvellous underlying...
Publisher
Vision Films
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
One day Moomintroll notices that something strange has happened in the Moomin Valley - everything is gray! Not just the sky and the river, but the trees, the ground, and the Moominhouse, too! Moomintroll runs to ask the well-read Muskrat if he knows what is happening. Muskrat declares that this is the way things tend to look like before the Earth faces an awful fate coming from the sky.