Moomin's Little Book of Colours
Author(s): Tove Jansson
White Moomin, black hat; blue sky, orange sun; red dress, green grass...Magical learning fun with the Moomins in this delightful board book companion volume to "Moomin's Little Book of Opposites", "Moomin's Little Book of Numbers", and "Moomin's Little Book of Words".
Product Information
Tove Jansson was born in Helsingfors, Finland, in 1914. Her mother was a caricaturist who designed 165 of Finland's stamps and her father was a sculptor. She studied painting in Finland, Sweden and France, and subsequently became a book illustrator. Her extraordinary illustrative style is seen as a design classic the world over. Originally written in Swedish, the Moomintroll books have been translated into 34 languages and adapted for television, film, radio and opera. Tove Jansson lived alone on a small island in the gulf of Finland, where most of her books were written. She died in 2001.
General Fields
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- : Penguin Books Ltd
- : Puffin Books
- : 0.278
- : 01 January 2011
- : 179mm X 151mm X 15mm
- : United Kingdom
- : 01 February 2011
- : books
Special Fields
- : Tove Jansson
- : Board book
- : sp
- : 535.6
- : 14
- : chiefly col. Illustrations