In the Lighthouse: Lift The Flap Moomin Story

Mysterious footprints in the lighthouse. Dark rooms, spooky corridors, flaps to lift behind every door, and the Hattifatteners fizzing somewhere in the middle of it all. This tall, lighthouse-shaped board book is exactly as atmospheric and charming as it sounds, and children who don't yet know Moominvalley are about to be very glad they found it.

We love it because:

• The lighthouse shape is a genuinely lovely touch: tall and narrow, it feels like the building itself, and the illustrations carry you up through the rooms floor by floor in the most satisfying way
• Tove Jansson's characters are all here: Sniff, Snufkin, the gloriously unsettling Hattifatteners, and Moomintroll himself following those footprints with the quiet determination that makes him so endearing
• The lift-the-flap format gives young children something to do on every page: peek into cupboards, open doors, discover what's hiding behind each one
• A beautiful first introduction to Moominvalley, and the kind of book that makes children want to know more about the world they've just glimpsed

What's in the box:

• Shaped hardback board book, 14 pages
• Full colour illustrations throughout, based on Tove Jansson's original artwork
• Lift-the-flap features throughout
• Published by Pan Macmillan

Great for:

• Ages 2 and up
• A first birthday gift, a toddler treat, or a beautiful introduction to the Moomin world for any child just beginning to explore it
• Early reading, flap-lifting, peekaboo play and first encounters with Tove Jansson's extraordinary characters

Important to know:

• Shaped board book, 14 pages
• Dimensions: 30.1 x 14.2cm (11.9 x 5.6 in)
• Full colour illustrations
• ISBN: 9781035042579
• Published August 2024