Moomin Book One by Tove Jansson (Paperback, 2006)

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The enchanting comic strip that introduced adult readers to the wonderful world of Moomin Tove Jansson is revered around the world as one of the foremost children's authors of the twentieth century for her illustrated chapter books regarding the magical worlds of her creation, the Moomins.

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The enchanting comic strip that introduced adult readers to the wonderful world of Moomin Tove Jansson is revered around the world as one of the foremost children's authors of the twentieth century for her illustrated chapter books regarding the magical worlds of her creation, the Moomins. The Moomins saw life in many forms but debuted to its biggest audience ever on the pages of the world's largest newspaper, the London Evening News, in 1954. The strip was syndicated in newspapers around the world with millions of readers in forty countries. Moomin Book One is the first volume of Drawn & Quarterly's publishing plan to reprint the entire strip drawn by Jansson before she handed over the reins to her brother Lars in 1960. This is the first time the strip will be published in any form in North America and will deservedly place Jansson among the international cartooning greats of the last century. The Moomins are a tight-knit family-hippo-shaped creatures with easygoing and adventurous outlooks. Jansson's art is pared down and precise, yet able to compose beautiful portraits of ambling creatures in fields of flowers or on rock-strewn beaches that recall Jansson's Nordic roots. The comic strip reached out to adults with its gentle and droll sense of humor. Whimsical but with biting undertones, Jansson's observations of everyday life, including guests who overstay their welcome, modern art, movie stars, and high society, easily caught the attention of an international audience and still resonate today.

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PublisherDrawn AND Quarterly
ISBN-101894937805
ISBN-139781894937801
eBay Product ID (ePID)87259750

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Book TitleMoomin Book One
AuthorTove Jansson
FormatHardback, Paperback
LanguageEnglish
TopicChildren's & Young Adult Fiction
Publication Year2006
GenreChildren's Comic Strip Fiction & Graphic Novels, Fantasy, Comics
Number of Pages96 Pages

Dimensions

Item Height308mm
Item Width222mm
Weight803g
Height305mm
Width216mm
Item Weight726g

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Title_AuthorTove Jansson
Spine17mm
Country/Region of ManufactureCanada

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  • Darker humour than the gentle novels.

    Excellent drawings and humour in these stories. Darker and more real life than the cute novels, Maybe not for fans of the more gentle books, but I found them really funny and clever.

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  • Beautifully illustrated

    Beautifully illustrated, who doesn’t want a bit of moomin in their life.

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