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The Moomins and the Great Flood
The Moomins and the Great Flood | Tove Jansson
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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.Other Moomin picture books include The Book About Moomin, Mymble and Little My [9780955352743], Who Will Comfort Toffle? [9780953522798] and The Dangerous Journey [9780954899592].
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Robotswithpersonality
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Mehso-so

I'm not gonna lie, passive absorption of popular culture meant reading the first Moomins book was a bit of a shock as the story was a bit less standard little kid pablum in narration than I was expecting, and the Moomins don't yet look like the Moomins I've seen on the internet (I believe an animated show was produced as well?). 1/?

Robotswithpersonality 2/2 As lovely as the water colour-ish cover is, I wish the pages inside had full colour paintings instead of brown/black sketches and what might be charcoal drawings. You spoiled me with the cover art! Overall I get the long running success of adventures around these creatures. There is an inherent charm. 6mo
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Mgruidae
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Picked up my interlibrary loan today. I love Tove Jansson‘s Moomin imagery and have been wanting to read the books for years. Last week I thought, “Duh. Use your library!” This is the first book in the series, originally published in Finland in 1945. It looks beautiful and I can‘t wait to start reading!
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rachaich
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He also popped these into my birthday bag:) :)

TheBookHippie Oh how lovely! 2y
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lowellette
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Mehso-so

This is the first of the Moomins books and I feel like Tove doesn‘t quite have the characters down yet. The illustrations are still spectacular. Her color palette is amazing.

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Emilymdxn
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Pickpick

Fun fact: as a child I was terrified of moomins. I saw some pictures and found them too dark and trippy, but age 24 I managed to give them another chance and I‘m glad I did cause I LOVED this. The illustrations were so beautiful and I experienced so many emotions in barely fifty pages.

#wintergames2020 #merryreaders @Clwojick +16

rachaich Tove Jansson is one of my favourite writers and person's 😍😍🤗🤗 4y
Soubhiville @alysonwrites is a huge moomins fan too! 4y
Clwojick 💙💚❄️ 4y
monalyisha I call my pet bunny “Moomin” about 85% of the time. And have never read a Moomin book. 🙈 Good place to start, you think? 4y
alysonimagines Ooh yes, lots of Moomin love! 😍 4y
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Cinfhen
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Pickpick

This was oddly delightful. Enchanting world of people from every corner of the world. Snufkins, Sea-ghosts, Little Creeps and Big Folk, Snorks and Hemulens even a marabou stork and the odd angler fish, too.
Moominmamma and her son Moomintroll are searching for Moominpappa as the three become separated during a terrible flood.
Beautiful illustrations accompany this sweet story. This would be a lovely read aloud for elementary age children.

Librarybelle Those are pretty illustrations! 4y
arlenefinnigan I love this. Suitably apocalyptic for the current situation. 4y
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BarbaraBB I always think of @arlenefinnigan when seeing moomins 😃 4y
KarenUK Loved the Moomins when I was little.... 💕💕💕 4y
batsy I've yet to read this one! Love the Moomins 💜 4y
Cinfhen I can‘t think Moomins and NOT think @arlenefinnigan @BarbaraBB the two go together like tea & jam 🥰 4y
Cinfhen This was my first Moomins @batsy @KarenUK 🥰 4y
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Bookwomble
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I'm having one of those moods where I just can't settle myself to reading any of the books I've started, so using the tried and tested remedy of comfort reading...😊

veritysalter The Moomins frightened me so much as a child! 5y
batsy Those editions are so pretty! 5y
Bookwomble @batsy They are ?? Both by publisher Sort Of Books, though I'm not sure why they made "Flood" a different size to the other publications. Possibly because of the painted illustrations Tove did? I'm not sure, but both formats are lovely. 5y
Bookwomble @veritysalter They're cute, but there's also a rather brooding quality to a lot of the stories, so I get why you might have felt a certain disquiet 😱 5y
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arlenefinnigan
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squirrelbrain Love the Moomins! ❤️ 5y
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Gillyreads
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Pickpick

I find the Moomins very soothing. This is a lovely edition of the first Moomin story original published in 1945. The start of an incredible world of stories ❤️

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arlenefinnigan
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Cinfhen Fantastic 🙌🏻💕 5y
RohitSawant Nice! 💙 5y
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arlenefinnigan
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Cinfhen Have you read all the Moomins????? 6y
arlenefinnigan @Cinfhen not quite all. I haven't read the collection of the comic strips. I'm sure there's others too! 6y
TheKidUpstairs ❤❤❤ 6y
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arlenefinnigan
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Cinfhen Two Moomins in a row🤗🤗 6y
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Sophoclessweetheart
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Pickpick

Do you have an author/illustrator that you just adore? For me that is Tove Jansson. I find her illustrations some of the most beautiful of things and her writing quaint and charming. I am obsessed with her (and the Moomins) 💛 I recently read The Moomins and The Great Flood again and it‘s just wonderful to see how she grew. #booklover #bookstagram #bookaddict #bookreviewer #bookblogger #prettybooks #prettycovers #bookish #readwomen

laurieluna That copy of Alice in Wonderland looks so sweet! ❤ 7y
Sophoclessweetheart @miralunasbooknook Laurie it‘s most gorgeous! I already had a copy of Alice but I couldn‘t resist a copy illustrated by Tove Jansson and was lucky enough that my daughter got it me for my birthday this year 😍💛 7y
batsy I had no idea she illustrated Alice in Wonderland! 😍 I must find a copy... ☺️💕 7y
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Sophoclessweetheart @batsy I got my copy as a gift so I couldn‘t say where you could get. Probably Book Depository x 7y
batsy Yes, I had a look and they have it! Thanks to your post or I wouldn't have known about it. A wonderful gift! 7y
Sophoclessweetheart @batsy Oh goodie!! You‘re most welcome. Hope you enjoy it xx 7y
Bookwomble Gosh! I didn't realise Jansson had illustrated Alice! One to hunt down 🕵️‍♂️ I love Mervyn Peake's Alice illustrations, and both he and Jansson also illustrated Lewis Carroll's The Hunting of the Snark. Both incredible, but very different, interpretations. 6y
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emily_m_tubb
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Now Moomin has had his bath, I'm hoping I should have the rest of the day to read 😄👍📚

RachelAmphlett OMG he‘s adorable 😍😍 7y
JaneyWaneyB What a fantastic name?! Moomin is so cure 😍 7y
Christine11 Oh my goodness he‘s so cute!! 7y
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AmyG Cuteness overload! 7y
BethM Holy adorableness! 7y
Ashley_Nicoletto 😍😍 the cuteness here. 7y
drokka It always makes me laugh to see floods wet, suddenly they look so wee. 😂😍 7y
LeahBergen ❤️❤️❤️ 7y
LittleMummyMe Cute 🐹 7y
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DaphneLee
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Mehso-so

This is technically the first Moomin book but feels very different from the ones that followed later. I don't even consider this part of the Moomins series - perhaps it's closer to the comics. Can't say as I've yet to read them, though I own some of the compilations. The illustrations here do not, IMO, portray the Moomins quite as well as the ones in the series. Well, perhaps Jansson needed time to develop all aspects of her characters.