Winter in Muligen Valley

Author: Tove Jansson
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Publish Date: 2004-04-01
Features: Tove Jansson, a world-renowned master of fantasy literature and a female painter, was born in 1914. Her Moomin series of stories presents readers with a novel world filled with sincerity, kindness, and beauty. The lively and adorable Moomins, who live in the forest and resemble upright miniature hippopotamuses, are plump and shy, and love the sunshine. They form a unified and harmonious world with their forest environment. These stories by Jansson have now been adapted into animated films and are shown worldwide, making the Moomins familiar characters for children around the globe. For her significant contributions to world children's literature through her literary and artistic activities, Jansson was awarded the International Hans Christian Andersen Award for Children's Literature in 1966.