I’ll booktalk this with picture books like Nicola Davies’ The Day War Came and the Children in Our World book series. The book is relentlessly optimistic, with moments of near despair it illustrates perseverance and the strength of family units when facing adversity. The sepia and white artwork lends an old-world feel to the artwork, and the prose reads like adventure stories I read growing up. THE MOOMINS AND THE GREAT FLOOD written by Tove Jansson illustrated by Tove Jansson published by Sort Of Books (STOCK CODE: 2117917) for sale by Stella. She uses a catastrophic flood to unite her characters, who could even be seen as refugees, all experiencing some kind of loss, displacement, or danger from the flood.
Originally written during the 1939-1940 Finnish-Soviet Union conflict, The Moomins and the Great Flood was author Tove Jansson’s escape from the horrors of war. Throughout the arduous journey, Moominmama and Moomintroll face each adventure with courage and kindness, helping every creature they meet, always hoping that maybe… just maybe… their journey will reunite them with Moominpapa.
As they wander through a precariously dark forest, they meet a small creature who joins their journey, despite being a bit cranky they also meet a beautiful, blue-haired girl who lives in a tulip. Moominmama and little Moomintroll are in search of a winter home, and in search of Moominpapa, whose restless nature led him to wander off with the Hattifatteners.
This Moomin tale is an illustated novel, rather than a picture book or graphic novel, and gives us a bit of a Moomin origin story. The Moomins and the Great Flood, by Tove Jansson, (July 2018, Drawn and Quarterly), $16.95, ISBN: 9781770463288
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