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The Moomins and the Great Flood (Swedish: Småtrollen och den stora översvämningen, literally The Little Trolls and the Great Flood) is a book written by Finnish author Tove Jansson in 1945, during the last months of World War II.
- Tove Jansson
- 1945
Apr 23, 2019 · “The Moomins and the Great Flood” is a story about Moominmamma and Moomintroll’s quest to find the lost Moominpappa who has gone off with the Hattifatteners, and how they find their way to the beautiful Moominvalley, born as a result of a great flood.
The first two books about the Moomins (The Moomins and the Great Flood and Comet in Moominland) were published in 1945 and 1946 respectively, and deal with natural disasters; they were influenced by the upheavals of war and Jansson's depression during the war years.
- Tove Jansson, Sami Malila
- 2011
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Jansson wrote the Moomin novel series for children, starting with the 1945 The Moomins and the Great Flood. The following two books, Comet in Moominland and Finn Family Moomintroll, published in 1946 and 1948 respectively, were highly successful, and sales of the first book increased correspondingly.
The Moomins and the Great Flood (Swedish: Småtrollen och den stora översvämningen Literally: The Little Trolls and the Great Flood) is the first in the series of Tove Jansson's Moomin books, published in 1945. is a book written by Finnish author Tove Jansson in 1945. It was the first book to...
- Tove Jansson
- 3 min
- 1945
Dec 7, 2012 · An illustration from The Moomins and the Great Flood. Photograph: Tove Jansson/Oy Moomin Characters. Children and teenagers. This article is more than 11 years old. Review.
17,956 ratings1,080 reviews. The Moomins and the Great Flood is the first book about the Moomins, originally published in 1945. It's the story about Moominmamma and Moomintroll's search for the missing Moominpappa and how they found their way to the Moominvalley.
