- Fiction, Lighthouses, Islands, Juvenile fiction
Feeling his family's life is too safe and fixed, Moominpappa moves them to a lighthouse on an island to lead a life full of troubles, and indeed they find many mysteries in that lonely place.
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About the book
- Author
- Tove Jansson
- First published
- February 1, 2003
- Pages
- 222
- Publisher
- Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR), Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, Avon
- Editions
- 28
- Language
- und, dan, English, German
- ISBN
- 9781466871618
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Finnish novelist, painter, and professor of philosophy, best known for the <i>Moomin</i> books.
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