New York Sketches and Moomintrolls…

Speaking of Moomintrolls and keeping with the theme from my last post…
… here is a quote by the author of the Moomintroll books:

“One summer morning at sunrise a long time ago
I met a little girl with a book under her arm.
I asked her why she was out so early and
she answered that there were too many books and
far too little time. And there she was absolutely right.”
― Tove Jansson

Brunch at the Scandinavia House in NYC…no sketchbook required!
Brunch…playtime…and Moomintrolls…
(if you forget your pen…ask for crayons)

Tables with brown paper…surrounded by grandparents…toddlers…even 20 somethings out on the town…

…pen in hand

…belly full

…Moomintrolls upstairs

…I am happy.

The Scandinavia House has so much to offer…(I have included a link below to their website…check it out)

You do not have to travel far to meet a Moomintroll…

…visit your local library…but…

WARNING!!!..reading these books will send you to your local bookstore…
these books are keepers! (books that beg to be read again and again…at any age..)

Here is the link to my publisher Farrar, Straus & Giroux…and the US publisher of these books…I am so thankful they’re still in print!…for over 40 years!

…a goal to work towards
…to be in print 40 years
…I am 56
…Elephant’s Story comes out Fall 2013
…I’ll be 96!

…keep dreaming…enjoy the links…tcp

http://us.macmillan.com/finnfamilymoomintroll/ToveJansson

http://www.scandinaviahouse.org/events_kids_upcoming.html#playtimewithhildur