![]() Her father was a sculptor whose work still stands in Helsinki's public spaces, her mother an eminent graphic artist and illustrator – her resourceful nature an inspiration to Jansson in much of her work. Jansson was born in Finland, to a Swedish-speaking family. Other novels and stories followed, tantalisingly spaced, and now, as we near her centenary, they bring us her very first picture book, The Moomins and the Great Flood, published for the first time in the UK. Not long after, her first novel for adults, The Summer Book, introduced a new readership to her work with this elegant and darkly funny tale of the friendship between a bereaved girl and her grandmother over one long, light-filled Finnish summer. ![]() The Book about Moomin, Mymble and Little My was exquisitely produced, with a witty and lyrical translation and Jansson's own illustrations. ![]() ![]() S ort Of Books published their first Moomin story in 2001, the year of Tove Jansson's death. ![]()
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