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The Moomins and the Great Flood

The Moomins and the Great Flood - Hardcover

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Availability:In StockContributor:Tove JanssonSeries:Moomin Picture BooksAudience:Ages 4-8Publish date:2018-08-14Pages:64
Language:EnglishPublisher:Drawn & QuarterlyISBN-13:9781770463288ISBN-10:1770463283UPC:9781770463288Book Category:Juvenile FictionBook Subcategory:Fantasy & Magic, Action & Adventure, FamilySize:8.50 x 5.90 x 0.40 inchesWeight:0.5004Product ID:SCEJ4PV6FX

Join the Moomins in their very first adventure, crossing a huge flood to search for missing Moominpappa!

Moominmamma and Moomintroll need to find a home for the winter, someplace where sun is plentiful and safe from the dangers of the unknown. But before they can settle down, they must cross a dark and sinister forest and find their way through a flood of epic proportions, all the while hoping that they will find Moominpappa again. Their journey seems daunting but they forge ahead, with Moominmamma's kindness and patience giving Moomin the courage he needs to face the strange, unexplored path that lies ahead of them.

Written during the 1939-40 Finnish-Soviet Union conflict, or The Winter War, Jansson uses the unusual setting of a natural catastrophe to provide the background of her first children's book and the first appearance of her beloved Moomin characters. She wrote this as her escape from the horrors of war and its many consequences, but rather than avoiding the problems that war raises, she uses these as a basis for the many obstacles that the characters face, from separated families to forced displacement. With beautiful black and white artwork interspersed throughout the text and curious, playful prose, you find yourself rooting for the Moomins and their quest to find Moominpappa and a place to call home.
Language:EnglishPublisher:Drawn & QuarterlyISBN-13:9781770463288ISBN-10:1770463283UPC:9781770463288Book Category:Juvenile FictionBook Subcategory:Fantasy & Magic, Action & Adventure, FamilySize:8.50 x 5.90 x 0.40 inchesWeight:0.5004Product ID:SCEJ4PV6FX
Jansson, Tove: - Tove Jansson (1914-2001) was born in Helsinki and spent much of her life in Finland. She is the author of the Moomin books, including Comet in Moominland and Finn Family Moomintroll. Born into an artistic family--her father was a sculptor and her mother was a graphic designer and illustrator--Jansson studied at the University College of Arts, Crafts and Design in Stockholm, the Finnish Academy of Fine Arts, and L'École des Beaux-Arts in Paris. In addition to her Moomin books, she also wrote several novels, drew comic strips and worked as a painter and illustrator. In 1966, she was awarded the Hans Christian Andersen Medal for her body of work. Jansson had a studio in Helsinki but spent most of her time at her home on a small island called Klovharu.
Publisher: Drawn & Quarterly

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