Created in 1945,yet published in this country for the very first time,The Moomins and the Great Flood offers an extraordinary glimpse into the creativity and imagination that launched the Moomin books.Moominmamma and young Moomintroll search for the long lost Moominpappa through forest and flood,meeting a little creature (an early Sniff) and the elegantly strange Tulippa along the way.Tove Jansson illustrates her first ever Moomin adventure with stunning sepia watercolour and delightful pen and ink drawings.A revelation for Moomin fans.
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Publisher: Sort of BooksISBN: 9781908745132Number of pages: 64Weight: 330 gDimensions: 249 x 174 x 13 mmEdition: Main
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Tove Jansson was a genius
Tove Jansson
Known primarily as the creator of the Moomins,Finnish authorTove Jansson was a novelist,painter and illustrator,part of a minority Swedish-speaking community in Finland. As well as creating the Moomin books for children,which began with The Moomins and the Great Flood,she also wrote six novels including The Summer Book,The True Deceiver and the semi-autobiographical Sculptor's Daughter and five collections of short stories for adults,some of her most popular stories in translation are collected in A Winter Book.
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