The Moomins and the Great Flood

　　大洪水沖散了姆米一家人。姆米托魯、姆米媽媽和小傢伙史尼夫越過森林、穿過洪水，尋找跟著溜溜出走已久的姆米爸爸。

　　他們走在黑暗的山路上，造訪了鋪滿糖果與汽水的小屋，認識了亨姆廉、受困的貓咪一家和一頭藍髮的鬱金兒，展開一連串精采的冒險故事。

　　《姆米家族與大洪水》是朵貝‧楊笙為孩子創造的姆米故事系列首部曲，她構築出獨一無二的想像世界，帶來精采而壯麗的姆米童話。

本書特色
◆全球風靡：改編歌劇、電視動畫、漫畫、郵票、周邊商品無數。自一九六四年翻譯為日文，深受日本人喜愛，相繼推出兩部長篇動畫，在一百多個國家播出，成為全世界共同的童話故事

◆經典收藏：美術館展覽、主題咖啡館陸續成立，芬蘭發行姆米與朵貝‧楊笙紀念硬幣

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各界讚譽
★朵貝．楊笙是天才。──菲力普．普曼

★如果你會在地鐵上閱讀《哈利波特》的話，讀朵貝楊笙機智且具想像力的芬蘭插畫作品，更是毋需隱藏。──Daily Candy

★姆米系列創造了溫暖的床邊共讀時光，也能讓人獨自沉醉其中。──《華爾街日報》

★「楊笙的著作具備最佳兒童文學的溫暖、奇幻以及異想天開的特質。」──《紐約報》（NY Press）

★楊笙一邊傳遞快樂操之在己的訊息，一邊透過描繪人類的小缺點製造溫潤的樂趣。青少年將被印製在黃色頁面上，簡單卻令人印象深刻的黑白圖書所吸引，並且從中認知到：閃耀動人之物僅供觀賞，而某些夢想之美在於從未被實現。──《學校圖書館期刊》（School Library Journal）

★重現的失落珍寶，最可愛、奇異的作品之一。坦白說，這是一部超現實巨著。──尼爾．蓋曼（《美國眾神》作者）
 
　　——中文書介來自《姆米與大洪水》，小麥田出版

        Join the Moomins in their very first adventure, crossing a huge flood to search for missing Moominpappa!

        Moominmamma and Moomintroll need to find a home for the winter, someplace where sun is plentiful and safe from the dangers of the unknown. But before they can settle down, they must cross a dark and sinister forest and find their way through a flood of epic proportions, all the while hoping that they will find Moominpappa again. Their journey seems daunting but they forge ahead, with Moominmamma’s kindness and patience giving Moomin the courage he needs to face the strange, unexplored path that lies ahead of them.

        Written during the 1939-40 Finnish-Soviet Union conflict, or The Winter War, Jansson uses the unusual setting of a natural catastrophe to provide the background of her first children’s book and the first appearance of her beloved Moomin characters. She wrote this as her escape from the horrors of war and its many consequences, but rather than avoiding the problems that war raises, she uses these as a basis for the many obstacles that the characters face, from separated families to forced displacement. With beautiful black and white artwork interspersed throughout the text and curious, playful prose, you find yourself rooting for the Moomins and their quest to find Moominpappa and a place to call home.