She has a thistledown touch.'-Michele Landsberg, The Washington Post Book World 'The adventures of the easygoing Moomintrolls have all the crispness and tart surprise of a lingonberry, thanks to Jansson's ineffably light touch, her uncanny sensitivity to universal childhood emotions, and her gift for terse, naturalistic dialogue.'-Entertainment Weekly 'This book in Jansson's series about the Moomins and their friends-small, indescribable Scandinavian creatures-tells of their adventures in trying to save themselves from a comet.

I found the writing and invention as appealing as ever. A gentle, offbeat fantasy.' -The Horn Book, 'It's more than forty years since Jansson's Moomintrolls first appeared. She has a thistledown touch.'-Michele Landsberg,The Washington Post Book World 'The adventures of the easygoing Moomintrolls have all the crispness and tart surprise of a lingonberry, thanks to Jansson's ineffably light touch, her uncanny sensitivity to universal childhood emotions, and her gift for terse, naturalistic dialogue.'-Entertainment Weekly 'This book in Jansson's series about the Moomins and their friends-small, indescribable Scandinavian creatures-tells of their adventures in trying to save themselves from a comet. A gentle, offbeat fantasy.' - The Horn Book, 'It's more than forty years since Jansson's Moomintrolls first appeared. She has a thistledown touch.'-Michele Landsberg, The Washington Post Book World 'The adventures of the easygoing Moomintrolls have all the crispness and tart surprise of a lingonberry, thanks to Jansson's ineffably light touch, her uncanny sensitivity to universal childhood emotions, and her gift for terse, naturalistic dialogue.'- Entertainment Weekly 'This book in Jansson's series about the Moomins and their friends-small, indescribable Scandinavian creatures-tells of their adventures in trying to save themselves from a comet.

A gentle, offbeat fantasy.' -'The Horn Book', 'It's more than forty years since Jansson's Moomintrolls first appeared. She has a thistledown touch.'-Michele Landsberg, 'The Washington Post Book World' 'The adventures of the easygoing Moomintrolls have all the crispness and tart surprise of a lingonberry, thanks to Jansson's ineffably light touch, her uncanny sensitivity to universal childhood emotions, and her gift for terse, naturalistic dialogue.'-'Entertainment Weekly' 'This book in Jansson's series about the Moomins and their friends-small, indescribable Scandinavian creatures-tells of their adventures in trying to save themselves from a comet. 'It's more than forty years since Jansson's Moomintrolls first appeared.

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