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Moomin's Lift-The-Flap Hide and Seek: with Big Flaps for Little Hands Spiral-Bound | June 7, 2011

Tove Jansson

★★★☆☆+ from 101 to 500 ratings

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An interactive little adventure that introduces several curious creatures who live in Moominvalley
 
 

Pre-readers can sharpen hand-eye coordination as they join Moomintroll's search for that rascal Little My, who has found a very clever hiding place. Along the way, they will meet Moomintroll's family and many friends. The funny names--from Snufkin to Fillyjonk--beg to be sounded out and repeated again and again.
Based on characters and artwork created by Tove Jansson, whose original Moomin books have been translated from the original Swedish into more than thirty languages.
Publisher: Macmillan
Original Binding: Hardcover Picture Book
Pages: 24 pages
ISBN-10: 0374350515
Item Weight: 0.7 lbs
Dimensions: 8.6 x 0.5 x 8.5 inches
Customer Reviews: 3 out of 5 stars 101 to 500 ratings

“The adventures of the easygoing Moomintrolls have all the crispness and tart surprise of a lingonberry, thanks to Jansson’s ineffably light touch, her uncanny sensitivity to universal childhood emotions, and her gift for terse, naturalistic dialogue.”   —Entertainment Weekly

Based on the characters and artwork created by Tove Jansson (1914-2001). Jansson was born in Helsinki and spent much of her life in Finland. She is the author of the Moomin books, including Comet in Moominland and Finn Family Moomintroll. Born into an artistic family-her father was a sculptor and her mother was a graphic designer and illustrator-Jansson studied at the University College of Arts, Crafts and Design in Stockholm, the Finnish Academy of Fine Arts, and L'École des Beaux-Arts in Paris. In addition to her Moomin books, she also wrote several novels, drew comic strips and worked as a painter and illustrator. In 1966, she was awarded the Hans Christian Andersen Medal for her body of work. Jansson had a studio in Helsinki but spent most of her time at her home on a small island called Klovharu.