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Comet in Moominland Review

Have you never read Tove Jansson's "Moominland" books? Just as soon as you've finished this review, shut down the computer, find copies and read them immediately. Read them, whether you're 8, 38 or 88.

Why is she so good? She created characters whom we recognise and believe in at once, even when they look like small white hippopotamuses, a rustic scarecrow or a bloated aardvark. They live in a world that is unpredictable, peculiar, higgledy-piggledy, wondrous, fragile and as real as a pile of bricks.

She is funny without trying and, like A.A. Milne, describes foibles and clashes that we have all witnessed. She can sustain a tone of child-like inconsequence, delight in the ordinary and lack of surprise at the utterly surprising, that only rare luminaries of children's writing (Lewis Carroll, Hugh Lofting) have ever managed.

And when she wants to, all of a sudden, she can shine a beam of pure poetry on the mystery, the loneliness, the terror, the strangeness of being alive. The Hattifatteners, part worm, part axolotl, part spook, who endlessly wander the world in a mob in quest of something unknown, and who become dangerous to touch during a thunderstorm, are one of the marvels of fiction.

Every title in the series should be read, but this is my favourite. If all of my books were about to be drowned in the deluge and I had a choice between rescuing this, or "War and Peace", or "Crime and Punishment", sorry Leo, sorry Fyodor, this is the one I would save.

Comet in Moominland Overview

A comet is speeding towards Earth and nobody knows what to do!Will it destroy everything and everyone? Moomintroll decides to find out. So, with Sniff, he sets out on an expedition that promises to be packed with adventure and excitement!

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Customer Reviews

A Zippy Blaze Thru Moominland - Mike Robinson -
Maybe only Ice crème is enjoyed by a wider age group than Tove Jansson's "Moominland" books. Yes, they seem to, possibly, be written for the enjoyment of children, but these spunky volumes are for everyone, especially adults.

The zippy characters come in flavors such as: hippo-like animals, monkeys or aardvarkian types all flowing in and out, all around in a whimsical, fickle, strange and funny, wonder-filled ride. I think Moominland is more joyous and adventuresome than Carroll's Wonderland or even more embraceable than the teleos of the Yellow Brick road.

Duck, for here comes the Groks and the Fillijonks and the Snork Maiden and the Hemulens; or just sit down and read these to your kids (and yourself) and take it all unmediated in the tummy of your heart.

Fantastic, wild, alluring, crazy and all immersed in endless fun.

Review written by the author of: "Who Made Truth? Kids Can Prove God Exists." You can pick this volume up at my site: Mike A Robinson.

Great For Children who love to read - Smokey - Brooklyn, NY
i loved these books when i was a young child and decided to get this for a friend's daughter. Wonderful tales of adventure and mystery!

To the mountain and back again - Bas Vodde - Singapore

"Comet in Moominland" is one of the earlier Moonin books. Its a good book, entertaining and fun to read. A children book that is definitively worth reading, especially if you like the Moomin family.

In this story, Moomintroll and Sniff noticed a comet is approaching the planet on which they are living. They need to discover what the impact is on them and therefore they start a long trip to the mountains to ask the scientists in the mountains. After arriving there, they take the trip back to find a place to hide from the comet. The book covers this trip.

I didn't like it as much as the Moominpappas Memoirs book, so therefore leave it to 3 stars. Though, it is definitively a good children book and a good addition to the your Moomin book series.

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