... are long and most people are asleep — then they appear." — Too-Ticky in Moominland Midwinter My original intention was to write about Hanukkah, ... other animals he's ever known are hibernating. The world as he knows it has changed. Moominland is suddenly a scary, dark and lonely place ... Circle image by Roxana Villa Illustration from Moominland Midwinter by Tove Jansson Copyright ©2006- ...

... all the goodness, you have to stop in Curious George for your passport to Moominland, via: Books The books have been in print in English since their original publication, ... read sequentially, but here's a chronological list anyway: Comet in Moominland (paperback, $6.95) Finn Family Moomintroll ( ... 95) Moominsummer Madness (paperback, $6.95) Moominland Midwinter (paperback, $6.95) Tales from ...

... were the creation of Finnish novelist and comic strip author Tove Jansson and, according to legend, she drew the first one to scare her brother. That cute thing? Scary? Maybe it was one of the Moominland monsters she drew, such as The Groke, the Antlion or the Hattifatteners? As a child I devoured the Moomin books and sat rapt, five days a week, watching the Moomin stop-motion TV series. A more ...

... (Mrs Gaskell), My Cousin Rachel, Don't Look Now (Daphne du Maurier), The Bloody Chamber (Angela Carter), Cold Comfort Farm (Stella Gibbons), Love in a Cold Climate (Nancy Mitford), Moominland Midwinter (Tove Jannsson), The Wolves of Willoughby Chase (Joan Aiken), Turn of the Screw (Henry James). Spring reads: Invitation to the Waltz (Rosamond Lehmann), The Age of Innocence (Edith Wharton), ...

I am smiling with glee, and my toes are dancing because this arrived in the mail: A well-loved library edition of "Comet in Moominland" - a moomin book I have never read (and that hadn't been checked out since 1986, for shame!). I've only just started it but I can tell its going to be good; what with cosmic happenings and adventures on stilts (I need to get me some of those). A ...