This book, in addition to the only novel written by Tove Jansson, “City of the Sun,” about a serene old age on the coast and the poignant story “Summer Book” about a girl who lost her mother, as well as stories and short stories already known to the Russian reader, includes those translated into Russian for the first time. Russian language of the work. The northern atmosphere of the diary “Notes from the Island”, dedicated to the construction of a house on Klovharun and life there, creates the effect of being on an island, permeated by the winds of the Gulf of Finland and filled with the cries of seagulls, unceremoniously invading the life of the settlers. And under the general heading “Boulevard and other texts” lies a number of early short stories and essays by Jansson, published in periodicals during different years of her creative activity. In them, Tove talks about what it is like to be a children's writer, reflects on painting and criticizes architecture that makes a person unhappy. And through all this variety of texts, the depth and character of the famous writer are fully revealed.