A little girl is transported with the help of magic glasses from the tedium of a summer afternoon into an exciting world of mangrove swamps, spluttering volcanoes and sea where birds fly upside down and wild things threaten to pounce. But she is not alone. Old friends from Moomin Valley - Hemulen, Sniff, Snufkin, Thingummy & Bob - have joined her on the journey, and Moomin too, who rides to their rescue in a stripey balloon.This brand new version of a 'lost classic' pairs Jansson's irresistible artwork with a playful rhyming text by one of Britain's star poets.
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'The gloriously vibrant illustrations together with the deft rhyming text make this picture book an absolute delight' --Outside In
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Celebrating sixty years of the Moomins in English - A delightful picture book in rhyme that completes the Moomin Valley trilogy
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21 of 21 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
It is delightful to have this book available after having been out of print for decades. It is a simple story told in picture book style for younger children, but as with all of the Moomin stories is full of insight. The illustrations are everything in this book and they show that Jansson was a great artist as well as an author. They appear to be watercolour, and are worth studying for their technique alone. You get the impression that the paintings came first and the story was built up around them.
The book has one quite irritating flaw, and that is the translation by Sophie Hannah. She has translated the other two Moomin picture book reprints, which she did very well, but in this book she uses contemporary slang on several occasions, which does not fit with the story and is likely to date very quickly. Phrases such as "let it go" and "high five" may be innocuous enough to a child, but are completely out of keeping with the characters or Jansson's style.
The book has one quite irritating flaw, and that is the translation by Sophie Hannah. She has translated the other two Moomin picture book reprints, which she did very well, but in this book she uses contemporary slang on several occasions, which does not fit with the story and is likely to date very quickly. Phrases such as "let it go" and "high five" may be innocuous enough to a child, but are completely out of keeping with the characters or Jansson's style.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
By kenshone
Format:Hardcover
Tove's books are a treasure. The illustrations are wonderful and we are very luckky that so many are available through print.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
Beautifully written, translated and illustrated. Gentle Moomin tale which should appeal to all ages.The book looks very old fashioned and is.
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The Dangerous Journey (Original Swedish title Den farliga resan) is a children's picture book in the Moomin series by Tove Jansson. It was published in 1977. Read more
Published 3 months ago by Ms. Sj Noble
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The Dangerous Journey is a wonderfully illustrated short story (ideal kids bedtime reading), about A4 size hardback, and quite thin (14 pages). Read more
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