{"product_id":"moomins-and-the-great-flood","title":"Moomins And The Great Flood","description":"\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003eThis is where it all began. Written in 1945, in the aftermath of World War II, this is the very first Moomin story: Moominmamma and Moomin searching for Moominpappa through a flooded, uncertain world, finding kindness and strangeness in equal measure along the way. Tove Jansson wrote it for children, but she was writing about displacement and hope and the long journey home, and eighty years later it still quietly takes your breath away.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWe love it because:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe first Moomin story, in a beautiful anniversary edition that finally gives it the treatment it deserves: cloth-effect boards, Tove Jansson's original full colour illustrations, and a foreword by Frank Cottrell-Boyce that sets the story in its remarkable historical context\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe fold-out Moomin history poster is a genuine addition, lovely for a child's room and fascinating for any Moomin devotee who wants to understand the whole arc of Jansson's world\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFor families already in love with Moominvalley, this is the missing piece: the story before the stories, the first glimpse of everything that came after\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe kind of anniversary edition that feels genuinely worth owning, not just a repackage\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhat's in the box:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHardback, 88 pages\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFull colour illustrations throughout\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eForeword by Frank Cottrell-Boyce\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFull colour fold-out Moomin history poster\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePublished by Sort Of Books\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGreat for:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAges 6 and up, and every adult Moomin reader\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA gift for a child already in love with Moominvalley, or a Moomin-collecting grown-up who wants the complete picture\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA keepsake edition for the 80th anniversary year\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eImportant to know:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003eHardback, 88 pages\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003eFull colour illustrations\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003eISBN: 9781914502149\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003ePublished November 2024\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Book Shelf","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55484456763768,"sku":"01-BOOKMATGF","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1568\/1037\/files\/moomins-and-the-great-flood-cover.jpg?v=1772464538","url":"https:\/\/www.mysmallworld.co.uk\/products\/moomins-and-the-great-flood","provider":"My Small World Toy Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}