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The summer book / Tove Jansson ; translated from the Swedish by Thomas Teal ; introduction by Kathryn Davis.

Jansson, Tove, (author.). Teal, Thomas, (translator.). Davis, Kathryn, (writer of introduction.).

Summary:

"This brief novel tells the story of Sophia, a six-year-old girl awakening to existence, and Sophia's grandmother, nearing the end of hers, as they spend the summer on a tiny unspoiled island in the Gulf of Finland"-- Publisher's description.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781590172681
  • ISBN: 159017268X
  • Physical Description: xii, 170 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.
  • Publisher: New York : New York Review Books, [2008]

Content descriptions

Formatted Contents Note:
Introduction -- The morning swim -- Moonlight -- The magic forest -- The scolder -- Berenice -- The pasture -- Playing Venice -- Dead calm -- The cat -- The cave -- The road -- Midsummer -- The tent -- The neighbor -- The robe -- The enormous plastic sausage -- The crooks -- The visitor -- Of angleworms and others -- Sophia's storm -- Day of danger -- August.
Language Note:
Translated from Swedish.
Subject: Finland > Fiction.
Islands > Fiction.
Summer > Juvenile fiction.
Grandmothers > Juvenile fiction.
Islands > Juvenile fiction.

Available copies

  • 2 of 4 copies available at Sage Library System. (Show)
  • 0 of 1 copy available at Umatilla County Public Libraries. (Show)
  • 0 of 1 copy available at Weston Public Library.

Holds

  • 0 current holds with 4 total copies.
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Weston Public Library KIT JAN (Text) 8 37886000130889 Adult Fiction Checked out 06/05/2025

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