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| Original Title: | Kometjakten |
| ISBN: | 0713628278 (ISBN13: 9780713628272) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | Mumintrollen #2 |
Tove Jansson
Hardcover | Pages: 192 pages Rating: 4.27 | 11244 Users | 656 Reviews
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| Title | : | Comet in Moominland (Mumintrollen #2) |
| Author | : | Tove Jansson |
| Book Format | : | Hardcover |
| Book Edition | : | Special Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 192 pages |
| Published | : | May 22nd 1986 by A & C Black (first published 1946) |
| Categories | : | Fantasy. Childrens. Fiction. Classics |
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[Note: Rating increased from 3 to 4 stars after reading the first moomin book, The Moomins and the Great Flood.]Moomintroll’s quiet life is upended when foreboding images of a star with a tail send him journeying to speak with the Professors at the Observatory. Meeting new friends along the way and forging through perilous adventures together, Moomintroll and his companions arrive at the Observatory where they learn a comet is headed towards earth. Worse yet – the comet is predicted to land precisely where Moomintroll lives with his Moominpappa and Moominmamma. Moomintroll must find a quick way home if he’s going to warn his family in time.
It’s not difficult to see why ‘Moominmania’ exists. Jansson’s book conveys an innocence rarely found in modern titles. An undeniable charm exudes from her fanciful characters – the same type of odd yet memorable creatures one anticipates finding in an L. Frank Baum novel.
Moomins have a simple way of life. Their relaxed attitudes, gardens, and lovingly prepared meals are reminiscent of Tolkien’s hobbits. In fact, Jansson’s descriptions of the whimsical setting often invoke the sense that one is reading about an alternate Shire – a feeling made more robust by Moomintroll and his friends journeying to the Lonely Mountains.
Halfway up the hill on their way grew a clump of blue-trees covered with big yellow pears, and of course they couldn’t get past that without Sniff deciding that he was hungry.
It certainly looked mysterious. Overhead the branches of the plum trees, oaks, and silver poplars met and formed a dark tunnel which led away into the unknown.
Despite the impending threat of a comet hitting the earth, Moomintroll and his companions are relatively carefree. They remain (mostly) focused in their task to hurry home as they're shuffled from one peculiar instance to the next. The narrative lacks a sense of urgency, yet there’s something cathartic about the sweet simplicity of Moomintroll’s adventure.
Sprinkled with darling illustrations, Comet in Moominland is a gentle tale of friendship and family.
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I have heard of the Moomins because I keep running across them on blogs. People love the Moomins. It turns out the stories were written in the 40s and 50s by a Finnish author. I discovered a Moomin memorabilia display and a handful of her books for sale at a store in the Twin Cities and I decided I needed to explore. After all, one of my favorite authors is Astrid Lindgren and she was Swedish... it turns out that Lindgren and Jansson have something in common. They both have a remarkable wit andMy review was first posted on Northern Plunder, you can read more of my reviews there too.Comet in Moominland was a present from my lovely Finnish friend Tecsie along with some other good from Finland.I had intended to read it straight away but I ended up being very lucky as it won the vote for Books and Teas read-along for January.I dont read a whole lot of Middle Grade books but Ive seen a lot of art of the Moomin characters and was pretty excited to start it.Comet in Moominland is listed as
A delightful read aloud. I love these weird little Moomins. Reminds me of AA Milne's Pooh stories.
My review was first posted on Northern Plunder, you can read more of my reviews there too.Comet in Moominland was a present from my lovely Finnish friend Tecsie along with some other good from Finland.I had intended to read it straight away but I ended up being very lucky as it won the vote for Books and Teas read-along for January.I dont read a whole lot of Middle Grade books but Ive seen a lot of art of the Moomin characters and was pretty excited to start it.Comet in Moominland is listed as
A fantastical, whimsical, comical, almost tragical adventure in which Moomintroll is involved in a child's-eye-view of the impending apocalypse. Along the way, he meets strange characters, some of whom will become beloved friends of both the Moomins and the reader (Snufkin, I'm talking about you!).It's no spoiler - there's another seven books in the series - to say that everything turns out OK. The enjoyment is in the journey and the heroic and cowardly antics of the Moomins and friends and, for
A delightful book for children! I'd heard of the moomins, but not read any of the books, and now I can't wait to read the rest! So darling and funny, and the illustrations were charming. And the whole thing was just so darn SCANDINAVIAN, I cannot resist!
The Moomins, a family of trolls, have appeared in my life in various ways; I vaguely remember having read (or having been read) one of the novels as a young child - as an older child I remember the animated series on television. I happened across it by accident and spent much time in enjoyable confusion about the names and natures of the seemingly infinite cast of characters. This year I decided I wanted to find out more than my hazy memories could tell me and in the process stumbled across the
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