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An example of the way footnotes function in the polish editions of the books.
The two book volumes of the Polish complete Moomin stories. One is light red the other light teal. Both have simple designs with Moomin characters in white framed with pretty picture frames.
The vinyl record of “Lato Muminkow”. A white square cover with a picture of Moomin Troll holding some colourful flowers on it with a red sun behind him and the track list written around him. And the black record, with a white central label in a plastic case beside the cover.
A video of a painted cereal bowl being rotated for the camera. Around the edge are various Moomin characters, painted on a blue background, with small details added.
The front cover of The Moomins and the Great Flood. A dark and messy watercolour showing a big Moomin like creature and a little Moomin like creature venturing into a dark forrest.
A photograph of Valentina's CD of the Moomins and the Great Flood in German. The CD case is mostly pink, with some dark purples. Moomin walks under the beam of a lamp, which is also a flower. The case credits Tove Jansson as the author, Barbara Auer as the narrator, and says that the adventure is suitable for children aged between 3 and 7 years old. In the bottom right is the logo of Eltern Family magazine, who may have curated and sold this collection of audio books.
Granny Weatherwax picks earwax from her ear wearing a witches hat stuck full of hat pins and holding four playing cards. Next to the quote: Find the story, Granny Weatherwax always said. She believed that the world was full of story shapes. If you let them, they controlled you. But if you studied them, if you found out about them… you could use them, you could change them…
A fir tree decorated with shells, pearl necklaces, a top hat, a mirror and other things precious to the Moomin family. On top of it is a rose. In front of it is an oil lantern. Around it are gathered various little creatures eating food and enjoying the light and the prettiness. Behind the tree to the right under a table, partially covered by a tablecloth hide the Moomin family looking scared.
The full box set of Hanna’s Moomin chapter books from 2008. The style for these Polish editions is very colourful. Each book has a white background, the title in coloured letters at the bottom and then a large colour illustration filling the rest of the space.
The full box set of Hanna’s Moomin chapter books from 2008. The style for these Polish editions is very colourful. Each book has a white background, the title in coloured letters at the bottom and then a large colour illustration filling the rest of the space.
The full box set of Hanna’s Moomin chapter books from 2008. The style for these Polish editions is very colourful. Each book has a white background, the title in coloured letters at the bottom and then a large colour illustration filling the rest of the space.
Screen shot of a poem that reads: Today there is snow on mountains you’ve never walked on but a part of you is in that snow. A part of you is in all snow. A part of you is in all mountains. You are in all my memories now, whether you were there or not. I am not on those mountains. Your body will soon not be on this earth. But I can see those mountains from here, today is the first time I’ve seen them white. It feels significant. Your body will become ash and air and soil and so many other things. Everything changes, but nothing ever goes away. Even when we aren’t together we always also are. Today there is snow on mountains you’ve never walked on covering paths that I have walked without you. But also today we walk through that snow together. We know those paths so well. I began walking with you and you will walk with me always, in the places I am and the places I am not, in the world without and the world unseen. It feels significant.