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Two Moomin Stories: The Invisible Child and The Fir Tree | Tove Jansson

A book too cute not to buy while we were in Bath, England. I got it for #foodandlit #Finland in December @Catsandbooks

Catsandbooks Oh awesome! 3mo

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Yuki_Onna

Moominsummer Madness | Tove Jansson

#Storysettings #May2024
@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @Eggs

#theater

An absolute favourite 😊
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Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks ❤️📚🤍 5mo

Eggs Lovely 🥰 🎭🧡 5mo

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Robotswithpersonality

Comet in Moominland (Farrar Straus Giroux) | Tove Jansson, Jansson

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Take a shot everytime Moomintroll says 'Strike me Pink!'...😆
So many adventures! I admit to being slightly baffled by my library's choices about this series, the first in hardcover, the next only available as an audiobook, but maybe it was a licensing/price thing. 1/?

Robotswithpersonality 2/? While I think part of the Moomintroll series appeal is supposed to be the art, I'll give kudos to the English narrator for an entertaining array of voices providing its own 'colour' for this audiobook. That being said, the Silken Monkey was a little grating. 😬 6mo

Robotswithpersonality 3/? I guess this also went from being a picture book series to middle grade novellas, because the first was 50 pages and this was nearly 200? I'm not actually sure my library has the full set, but I'd be happy to pick up another as a palate cleanser. 6mo

Robotswithpersonality 4/4 I thought there was going to be a bit of nonsense about gender norms associated with its mid '40s initial release, but on balance I'd say the Snorkmaiden rose above any notions of shallow, empty-headed materiality when in a crisis, and the rest is just young and old people (especially your own siblings) saying crap about girls even the young reader knows isn't true. (edited) 6mo

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Bookwomble Tove Jansson didn't follow gender norms in her life, nor in her writing 😊🏳️‍🌈 6mo

Robotswithpersonality @bookwomble Queer pioneer! ☺️ Based on the bit of poking around I've done so far, it sounds like her bio would be a great read. 6mo

Bookwomble @Robotswithpersonality She was 😊 I've had the tagged biography for eight years, as well as a volume of her letters, neither of which I've read yet! 😳 Hopefully, I'll get to at least one of them before too long 😏

Tove Jansson: Work and Love

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Robotswithpersonality @Bookwomble Bio stacked! I admittedly have a much better track record with memoirs than full on biographies, but knowing it's under 300 pages makes it more likely I'll read it! 😅 (edited) 6mo

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Robotswithpersonality

Comet in Moominland (Farrar Straus Giroux) | Tove Jansson, Jansson

“It was a funny little path, winding here and there, dashing off in different directions and sometimes even tying a knot in itself from sheer joy. You don't get tired of a path like that, and I'm not sure it doesn't get you home quicker in the end.“ 🚶🏼‍♂️☺️

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Robotswithpersonality

The Moomins and the Great Flood | Tove Jansson

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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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willaful

Moominland Midwinter | Tove Jansson

My aspirational figure, Moominmamma.

BookmarkTavern Lovely! Thanks for posting ! 6mo

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alysonimagines

Moomin: The Deluxe Anniversary Edition | Tove Jansson

Finally enjoying some lovely porch time with my new patio furniture, cinnamon tea, and the tagged book (which I‘ve meaning to finish forever).

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Bookwomble

Two Moomin Stories: The Invisible Child and The Fir Tree | Tove Jansson

Ahh 😌 I seem to have shifted out of my reading-stuckness thanks to an application of Holmes and Moomintroll 😊
I'm up to The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton, which is an excellent story, but really doesn't show Holmes in a good light: it's one of those few where his actions and omissions are morally dubious, regardless of the iniquity of the villain.
Jansson's The Invisible Child is a wonderful child-appropriate exploration of the ⬇️

Bookwomble ... effects of parental neglect & emotional abuse. The Fir Tree is a Christmas story telling of the Moomins unseasonal awakening from hibernation, and their bewilderment about holiday traditions they've never experienced. Despite their confusion, the Moomin family carry the spirit of Christmas in their hearts, so all goes well.
Being unstuck, I've started on this newly-delivered counselling journal, with the theme "How can I be of help", which ⬇️ 11mo

Bookwomble ... includes a paper on therapeutic stuckness, which seems timely for me 😆
And also started is a new-to-me translation of the Tao Te Ching by David Hinton in a pretty Macmillan Collectors edition. His introduction and glossary are useful and interesting, and searching some terms landed me on this paper about translating the work 🙂
https://www.euppublishing.com/doi/full/10.3366/tal.2022.0494# 11mo

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Mgruidae

Moomins and the Great Flood | Tove Jansson

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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