The Moomins Find a Home: A Pop-Up Adventure by Macmillan Children's Books

Celebrate the 80th anniversary of the Moomins with this gorgeous pop-up book based on Tove Jansson's first ever Moomin story, The Moomins and the Great Flood and bring the adventure to life in a way never seen before.

It began to rain. The waters rose higher and higher until they became a great flood!

Moomintroll and Moominmamma are searching for a home to curl up in for the winter. Along the way they are looking for Moominpappa, who has gone missing . . .

Join the Moomins on their adventure as you turn the pages and reveal five stunning pop-up scenes. Explore a deep dark forest, play in an enchanted garden and sail on storm-tossed seas. When a great flood devastates the land, hop onto the back of a friendly marabou stork and soar across the skies. Will the Moomin family find Moominpappa and settle into a new home before winter comes?

The Moomins Find a Home is the perfect gift for Moomin fans old and new and it is sure to be treasured for years to come.

Tove Jansson (1914 - 2001) was born in Helsinki to artist parents. She was to become a celebrated artist, political cartoonist and author, but she is best known as the creator of the Moomins, one of the most successful and beloved children's book series ever written. Inspired by summers spent on the islands off Finland and Sweden, Tove created the unique world of Moominvalley and all its inhabitants. The Moomins and The Great Flood, her first book to feature the Moomins, published in 1945. Tove went on to publish twelve Moomin books between 1945 and 1977, which have sold in their millions and been translated into over forty languages. In the 1950s the Moomins became a successful cartoon strip, which was to feature in newspapers all over the world. As the Moomins' fame grew, they began to appear in television series, plays, films and a varied merchandise program soon followed. Tove also painted throughout her life and wrote novels and short stories, including the acclaimed Summer Book. But the Moomin world was never far away. As Tove said, "You feel a cold wind on your legs when you step outside Moomin Valley," In 1966, Tove received the Hans Christian Andersen Award for her lasting contribution to children's literature.

Elena Selena divides her time between paper engineering, illustration, writing and scenography. Of Lithuanian origin, she studied at the Estienne School (ESAIG) in Paris after first training at the Academy of Fine Arts in Vilnius. This is where she discovered the world of pop-up books and began to create pop-ups for readers of all ages. Her publications include Jardin Bleu, Jungle, Neige, Voyage and Matin Rose in collaboration with Gallimard Jeunesse.