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Thanks to @Monalyisha talking about the Moomin books, I decided to go and read them! And turns out that though I only remembered for sure reading Moominland Midwinter, I'm pretty sure I had remembered this one. It doesn't entirely fit what I remember about the series; I think I saw someone else mentioning that it doesn't quite fit, so I guess we'll see. It's charming all the same.

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/?

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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He also popped these into my birthday bag:) :)

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.

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

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.

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...😊

#Rain #AyUpAugust @squirrelbrain @Cinfhen

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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#waterfalls #HeatOfJuly @Cinfhen @BarbaraBB

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

Now Moomin has had his bath, I'm hoping I should have the rest of the day to read 😄👍📚

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.