Westmount Library Branch - London, Ontario
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Keldar5
N 42° 56.021 W 081° 16.752
17T E 477218 N 4753487
A book to borrow from the local library.
Waymark Code: WMPVZW
Location: Ontario, Canada
Date Posted: 10/27/2015
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Tove Jansson is revered around the world as one of the foremost children's authors of the twentieth century for her illustrated chapter books regarding the magical worlds of her creation, the Moomins. The Moomins saw life in many forms but debuted to its biggest audience ever on the pages of world's largest newspaper the London Evening News, in 1954. The strip was syndicated in newspapers around the world with millions of readers in 40 countries.
Moomin Book One is the first volume of Drawn & Quarterly publishing plan to reprint the entire strip drawn by Jansson before she handed over the reigns to her brother Lars in 1960. This is the first time the strip will be published in any form in North America and will deservedly place Jansson among the international cartooning greats of the last century.
The Moomins are a tight-knit family — hippo-shaped creatures with easygoing and adventurous outlooks. Jansson's art is pared down and precise, yet able to compose beautiful portraits of ambling creatures in fields of flowers or rock-strewn beaches that recall Jansson's Nordic roots. The comic strip reached out to adults with its gentle and droll sense of humor. Whimsical but with biting undertones, Jansson's observations of everyday life, including guests who overstay their welcome, modern art, movie stars, and high society, easily caught the attention of an international audience and still resonate today.
Address:
3200 Wonderland Rd. South
London, Ontario
Canada
N6L 1A6
Entrance fee: 0.00 (listed in local currency)
Type of waymark: Moomin items (toys, mugs, fabric, clothes etc.) Make sure you are allowed to take pictures !
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Visit Instructions:
1. Include one picture of the Moomin waymark location and tell about your visit at site.
Also note any changes that may have occurred since the original waymark was created, including physical condition of moomins, accessibility etc..
1. Ota vähintään yksi kuva muumista ja kerro vierailustasi.
Huomioi mahdolliset muutokset, joita on voinut sattua waymarkin tekemisen jälkeen, esim. Muumi kohteen kunnon, saavutettavuuden suhteen.