This 1945 children’s book by Tove Jansson began a publishing empire in Finland that is worth millions of dollars. We look at Jansson’s beloved allegory about a world where a family survives turmoil and everyone is accepted for who they are.

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• The Moomins and the Great Flood

Additional Resources:

• Tove Jansson: Love, war and the Moomins
• Brown, Ulla (November 2004). "A Quest for What Lies Hidden" (PDF). Outwrite. 7: 8–12.
• 'It is a religion': how the world went mad for Moomins
• THE HANDS THAT MADE THE MOOMINS
• How Tove Jansson's Moomins conquered readers' hearts
• My search for the real Moominland
• How Tove Jansson and the Moomins continue to inspire
• The Evocative Powers of Tove Jansson – Moomin Museum – Tampere Finland – Jude Cowan Montague
• The dark side of the Moomins