Art History - Tove Jansson

In my Art History 2024-2025 blog post, I decided February would be Tove Jansson. Here are some resources and my planning notes:

Tove Jansson
1914 - 2001

Tove Jansson (The Illustrators)
by Paul Gravett

also

The Moomins blog post
a complete list of all the Tove Jansson books I bought for my classroom!

The Moomins Live in Peace. Their Creator Tried to Do the Same.
The New York Times - Oct 4, 2023

Alice in Moominland
The New York Times - Nov 15, 2024

maybe Moomins are back on-trend!?! this morning (Fri Jan 31) I watched two new videos from people on YouTube who I routinely follow and both had Moomin references in them! Corrections Ep. 128 and Diane in Denmark

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I'm really excited about this month, because my plan is to read some of the Moomin books to my students, and let them create their own little characters and write and illustrate short books about their adventures!

week of Feb 10:

Mon

AM - start The Moomins and the Great Flood as a lunchtime read aloud, introduce project, let children brainstorm & draw characters




PM - read Who Will Comfort Toffle?, help each child write a letter to Miffle and put it outside (by the rosebush in Granddaddy's garden)

week of Feb 17:

Mon

AM - continue to work on book writing project!


PM - read The Book About Moomin, Mymble and Little My, draw a picture of the fillyjonk when she has calmed herself

write and illustrate a "guess what happens next?" story of your own

week of Feb 24:

Mon

AM - look at some examples of the artwork in Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland: Tove Jansson Edition

Making ‘The Wild Robot’ Even Wilder
The New York Times - Sep 18, 2024

choose a chapter book you have read for SSR and create brand new concept art for it




PM - read The Dangerous Journey: A Tale of Moomin Valley

write and illustrate your own story about a dangerous journey

In addition to the Art History lesson for my regular school group (age 7-13), I'll have a Monday afternoon Art History class for early childhood (age 5-7). I think the "littles" will love Tove Jansson!

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