TOVE JANSSON THE ILLUSTRATORS HC 4934054039814 With help from a talking

With help from a talking rabbit-companion who has a mysterious past

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underneath all that hairspray there is a multifaceted activist

TOVE JANSSON THE ILLUSTRATORS HC 4934054039814 With help from a talkingBorn in Helsinki among Finland's Swedish speaking minority, Tove Jansson was brought up with a love for making art and stories in a supportive, artistic family. Her first illustrated tales were published when she was fourteen years old and she went on to draw humorous and political cartoons as well as striking front covers for the satirical magazine Garm, in response to events in World War II. As she developed from art student to painter and muralist,