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References

Some interesting articles...
[IMAGE: The Hemulan]

Huse, Nancy. Tove Jansson and Her Readers: No One Excluded. Children's Literature: An International Journal. Volume 19, 1991, pages 149-161. ISSN 0092-8208: "An examination of reader-writer interaction between Tove Jansson and her audience provides insight into Janssen's particular history. It also suggests some of the implications of the adult-child connection in literature."

[IMAGE: Moomintroll]

Hallsten, Annika. Moomintroll Conquers the World. Scandinavian Review. Volume 80, Issue 2, Autumn 1992, pages 57-62. ISSN: 0098-857x: "Tove Jansson wrote 12 children's books about a Moomin called Moomintroll, and Moomintroll became one of the world's best known figures in children's literature. Tove Jansson is profiled, and the Moomin TV series is discussed."

[IMAGE: Snufkin]

Lurie, Alison. Undiscovered Country. The New York Review of Books. Volume 39, Issue 21, December 17, 1992, pages 16-20. ISSN: 0028-7504: "Comparative Book Review." Lurie compares the Moomintroll books to A.A. Milne's Winnie-the-Pooh." [2]

[IMAGE: Snorkmaiden]

Haapala, Aulis. Tove Jansson's art is a play of light and color. Suomen Silta Magazine. March, 1993, pages 20-21. ISSN: 0039-5625: "A brief history of Tove Jansson's art endvours."[1]

Press Release Tove Jansson Awarded the Great Prize of the Swedish Academy. Farrar, Straus & Giroux. Dec, 1994.: [3]

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