Tales from Moominvalley

Nine short stories set in Moominvalley, each one a small, perfect world of its own. There's a creature who collects memories, a child who wants to be invisible, a tiny creature who lives inside a shell and carries everything she owns. Tove Jansson writes about loneliness and belonging and the strangeness of being alive with such lightness that you barely notice how profound it all is until you're already in it.

We love it because:

• Short stories are a wonderful thing for children who aren't quite ready for a full chapter book, or for reading one story at a time before bed, and these particular short stories happen to be among the best ever written
• The collector's edition production is genuinely beautiful: original 1950s and 60s artwork, newly scanned, with gorgeous endpapers and a proper hardback that feels like a keepsake from the moment you pick it up
• Each story is complete in itself, which makes this a wonderful dipping-in book as well as a cover-to-cover one
• For anyone already in love with Moominvalley, this is an essential addition. For anyone not yet there, it is a very good place to start

What's in the box:

• Hardback, 176 pages
• Full colour illustrations throughout
• Original 1950s and 60s cover and interior artwork, newly scanned
• Published by Sort Of Books

Great for:

• Ages 7 and up, and every adult who loves Tove Jansson
• A gift for a child ready to step a little deeper into Moominvalley, or a beautiful edition for a Moomin-collecting grown-up
• Bedtime reading, one story at a time

Important to know:

• Hardback, 176 pages
• Dimensions: 19 x 13.8cm (7.5 x 5.4 in)
• Full colour illustrations
• ISBN: 9781908745682
• Published October 2018