Moomin: Comet in Moominland

Author: Tove Jansson


One day, Moomin and his friend Sniff find a strange symbol, a comet. They begin seeing the symbol everywhere, and so they go and ask the Muskrat what to do. He tells them that in order to find more information, they must travel to the observatory in the Lonely mountains and talk to the professors. On their journey, they meet several friends, and when they return they find that they must hide in the cave in order to escape from the comet. But will the comet actually hit Moominvalley?


I really love the characters in this series. My favourite character, well, one of them, is Sniff. He is quite greedy and loves jewels. He is always thinking of new ways to make money. He looks a bit like a kangaroo. He is also a bit of a wuss.

Maurice Sendak's birthday

Today, 10th of June, is Maurice Sendak's 85th birthday. Maurice Sendak died in 2012, but today he would have been 85. Google put up a special Maurice Sendak animation with all of his characters in it.

The Wolves of the Beyond: Watch wolf

Author: Kathryn Lasky



Faolan has become a member of the Watch where he is respected. But then he hears that a wolf has stolen a young grizzly bear cub. Faolan and Edme must return the grizzly bear cub to its mother otherwise a war will start between the bears and the wolves, who have lived together in peace for many years. For Faolan, it is very hard. His second Milk Giver was a grizzly, but Faolan himself is a wolf.

My favourite part in this book is when Faolan, Edme and Arthur the owl are saving Toby the bear cub from Old Cags, the wolf with the foaming mouth disease.

The Wolves of the Beyond: Shadow wolf

Author: Kathryn Lasky

Faolan, the wolf with the splayed paw, has become a clan wolf. He joins the clan as a gnaw wolf, the lowest ranking wolf in the clan. Heep, a mean gnaw wolf, becomes jealous and blames Faolan for the murder of a malcadh pup. But Faolan is innocent and the gaddergnaw games are coming. All gnaw wolves from different clans will compete in the games. Can Faolan and his friends show that he is truly innocent and can Faolan win the games and become a member of the Watch?

I like the characters in this book, particularly Heep.☺☺