The Summer Book

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The Summer Book

Author	Tove Jansson
Original title	Sommarboken
Country	Finland
Language	Swedish
Publisher	Sort of Books
Published in English	2003

The Summer Book (in the original Swedish Sommarboken) is a book written by Finnish author Tove Jansson in 1972.

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An elderly artist and her six-year-old granddaughter Sophia spend a summer together on a tiny island in the gulf of Finland exploring, talking about life, nature, everything but their feelings about Sophia's mother's death and their love for one another.

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Tove Jansson

v • d • e The Moomin Series by Tove Jansson

Authors	Tove Jansson • Lars Jansson

Books	The Moomins and the Great Flood (1945) • Comet in Moominland (1946) • Finn Family Moomintroll (1948) • The Exploits of Moominpappa (1950) • Moominsummer Madness (1954) • Moominland Midwinter (1957) • Tales from Moominvalley (1962) • Moominpappa at Sea (1965) • Moominvalley in November (1970)

Picture books & Comics	The Book about Moomin, Mymble and Little My (1952) • Who Will Comfort Toffle? (1960) • The Dangerous Journey (1977) • An Unwanted Guest (1980) • Moomin comic strips (1954-1975)

Characters	Moomintroll • Moominmamma • Moominpappa • Sniff • Snufkin • Little My • The Hemulen • The Groke • Hattifatteners • The Snork Maiden

Television	Die Muminfamilie (1959-61) • Mumintrollet (1969) • Tove Jasson no Tanoshii Mūmin Ikka (1969-70) • Shin Muumin (1972) • Mumi-troll (1978) • The Moomins (1979-82) • Shlyapa Volshebnika (1980-83) • Moomin (1990-91) • Tanoshii Moomin Ikka: Bōken Nikki (1991-92)

Film	Tanoshii Moomin Ikka: Muumindani no Suisei (1992)

Other	Moomin World • Moomin Museum • The Summer Book (1972) • A Winter Book (1968-96) • Fair Play (1989)

Categories: Finnish literature | Swedish-language literature

The Summer Book

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