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The Book of a summer, by Tove Jansson: grass underfoot

2020-04-14T18:46:24.575Z


A POCKET TO OPEN - A facetious grandmother poets life for her granddaughter.


Summer will return. With him the carefree, the holidays, the departure on the island, the games in the rocks, the grass underfoot, the smell of the morning in the mist, miniature Venice built in matchboxes on the sand, chatting under the lamp, swimming in icy water, fishing in a boat, mysterious sounds of the night when we spend it alone in the tent, bickering with a friend who is invited but who, in the end, bothers and questions a thousand million questions.

Very famous author of the Moumines , a series of illustrated tales that continue to enchant today's children, the Finnish writer Tove Jansson who disappeared in 2001 addresses this enchanted tale to their elders. In favor of the precious little things in life transmitted by a grandmother, as fanciful and unworthy as she is, to her granddaughter Sophie. Curious kid just like you are at your age. A sassy and impatient as was undoubtedly her grandmother. Before the old lady helps herself

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Source: lefigaro

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