Tove Jansson

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  • Bibliography:
    80 Books (1 Series)
  • First Book:
    January 1945
  • Latest Book:
    June 2025
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Full Series List in Order

Moomintrolls

1 - The Moomins and the Great Flood (1945)
2 - Comet in Moominland (1946)
3 - Finn Family Moomintroll (1948)
4 - The Exploits of Moominpappa (1950)
4 - Moominpappa's Memoirs (1968)
5 - Moominsummer Madness (1954)
6 - Moominland Midwinter (1957)
8 - Moominpappa at Sea (1965)
9 - Moominvalley in November (1970)
Tales from Moominvalley (Nov-1995)
Moomin's Little Book of Numbers (Apr-2011)
Moomin's Little Book of Words (Apr-2011)
Moomin's Lift-The-Flap Hide and See (Jun-2011)
Moomin and the Birthday Button (Dec-2011)
Moominvalley Turns Jungle (Oct-2012)
Moomin Builds a House (Mar-2013)
Moomin Falls in Love (Mar-2013)

Book List in Order: 80 titles

  • The Moomins and the Great Flood

    Moomintrolls - 1

    Essential reading for any lover of the Moomins. This is where it all began. Created in 1945, yet published in this country for the very first time, The Moomins and the Great Flood offers an extraordinary glimpse into the creativity and imagination th...

  • Comet in Moominland

    Moomintrolls - 2

    When Moomintroll learns that a comet will be passing by, he and his friend Sniff travel to the Observatory on the Lonely Mountains to consult the Professors. Along the way, they have many adventures, but the greatest adventure of all awaits them when...

  • Finn Family Moomintroll

    Moomintrolls - 3

    It is spring in the valley and the Moomins are ready for adventure! Moomintroll and his friends Snufkin and Sniff find the Hobgoblin's top hat, all shiny and new and just waiting to be taken home. They soon realize that his is no ordinary hat; it can...

  • The Exploits of Moominpappa

    Moomintrolls - 4

    'I decided to run away. There simply wasn't anything else to do.' Here at last is Moominpappa's promised life story - from the days when he was abandoned in a newspaper parcel on the doorstep of a Moomin orphanage, to when he ran away to see the worl...

  • Moominsummer Madness

    Moomintrolls - 5

    A huge wave has crashed through the valley, flooding the Moomins out of their home! With their usual resilience, the Moomins and their friends move into the first house that comes bobbing along. It's strange-looking, like a big cave with curtains h...

  • Moominland Midwinter

    Moomintrolls - 6

    Everyone knows that the Moomins sleep through the winter, but this year Moomintroll has woken up in January. After his initial shock at seeing his familiar haunts under the snow, Moomintroll discovers that winter is worth waking up for after all. In ...

  • Moominpappa at Sea

    Moomintrolls - 8

    Leave Moominvalley? Is it possible? Yes, even the Moomin family need a change of scenery sometimes, so they're off to live in a lighthouse on a tiny island. Here they find space to grow, and to do things they couldn't in their comfortable, cluttered ...

  • Moominpappa's Memoirs

    Moomintrolls - 4

    Enhanced with Tove Jansson's simple, sprightly drawings, this series of delightful stories about life in Moomin Valley has enchanted audiences around the world for more than 70 years. Before he had a family, Moominpappa led a life of adventure and in...

  • Moominvalley in November

    Moomintrolls - 9

    Now that autumn is turning into winter, a group of unlikely friends--including the Fillyjonk, the Hemulen, and Toft--are waiting in Moominvalley to see the Moomins, for winter doesn't seem right without them. But the Moomins are not at home. So all t...



  • The Fillyjonk Who Believed in Disasters

    Do your students enjoy a good laugh? Do they like to be scared? Or do they just like a book with a happy ending? No matter what their taste, our Creative Short Stories series has the answer.We've taken some of the world's best stories from dark, must...

  • Tales from Moominvalley

    Moomintrolls

    Here are nine delightfully funny stories about the triumphs and tribulations of the citizens of Moominvalley. Readers will discover how the Moomin family save young Ninny from permanent invisibility, and what happens when Moomintroll catches the last...

  • Moomin Book One

    Tove Jansson is revered worldwide as one of the foremost children''s authors of the 20th century for her illustrated chapter books revealing the magical worlds of the Moomins, her creation. The Moomins debuted in 1954 to their biggest audience in the...

  • A Winter Book

    A book collection of some of Tove Jansson's best loved and most famous stories. Drawn from youth and older age, and spanning most of the twentieth century, this newly translated selection provides a thrilling showcase of the great Finnish writer's pr...

  • The Summer Book

    In The Summer Book Tove Jansson distills the essence of the summer -- its sunlight and storms -- into twenty-two crystalline vignettes. This brief novel tells the story of Sophia, a six-year-old girl awakening to existence, and Sophia’s g...

  • Moomin Book Three

    Moomin has been swiftly making its way into the hearts of North Americans ever since Drawn & Quarterly began collecting the strip in 2006. It debuted in the London Evening News in 1954 and has become the fastest-selling D+Q series to date. Fifty year...

  • The Book about Moomin, Mymble and Little My

    In a delightful, curious game of what comes next, Moomintroll travels through the woods to get home with milk for Moominmamma. A simple trip turns into a colorful adventure as Moomintroll meets Mymble, who has lost her sister, Little My. Along the...

  • The True Deceiver

    Deception -- the lies we tell ourselves and the lies we tell others -- is the subject of this, Tove Jansson’s most unnerving and unpredictable novel. Here Jansson takes a darker look at the subjects that animate the best of her work, from her sensi...

  • Travelling Light

    This newly translated collection of stories brilliantly evokes the shifting scenes and restlessness of summer. A professor arrives in a beautiful Spanish village only to find that her host has left and she must cope with fractious neighbours alone; a...

  • Who Will Comfort Toffle?: A Tale of Moomin Valley

    A SCANDINAVIAN MIDCENTURY CLASSIC BACK IN PRINT

    Who Will Comfort Toffle? is the timeless, magical tale of the wistful wallflower, Toffle-too shy to speak to anyone and too fearful of the world he is watching from afar. Lonely and sad, Toffl...



  • Who Will Comfort Toffle

    A Scandinavian midcentury classic back in print Who Will Comfort Toffle? is the timeless, magical tale of the wistful wallflower, Toffle-too shy to speak to anyone and too fearful of the world he is watching from afar. Lonely and sad, Toffle runs aw...

  • The Dangerous Journey

    Get swept away in this otherworldly adventure to Moominvalley through treacherous yet beautiful landscapes Tove Jansson takes us on a beautifully illustrated and delightfully quirky journey through Moominvalley, perfectly capturing the experience an...

  • Fair Play

    Fair Play is the type of love story that is rarely told, a revelatory depiction of contentment, hard-won and exhilarating. Mari is a writer and Jonna is an artist, and they live at opposite ends of a big apartment building, their studios co...

  • Moomin's Little Book of Numbers

    Moomintrolls

    Little ones can rely on the Moomins to make numbers fun. Moomintroll, Moominmamma, and the Snork Maiden help create a game out of learning to go from one to ten, and beyond, with everyday objects such as seashells and stars. ...

  • Moomin's Little Book of Words

    Moomintrolls

    Moomintroll takes the youngest reader through a day in his life, building simple vocabulary along the way. From dancing to book-browsing, the scenes depicted will echo favorite moment's in a child's own day, ending on a bedtime note....

  • Moomin's Little Book Of Colours

    White Moomin, black hat; blue sky, orange sun; red dress, green grass . . . Magical learning fun with the Moomins in this delightful board book companion volume to Moomin's Little Book of Opposites, Moomin's Little Book of Numbers and Moomin's Little...

  • Moomin's Lift-The-Flap Hide and See

    Moomintrolls

    Pre-readers can sharpen hand-eye coordination as they join Moomintroll's search for that rascal Little My, who has found a very clever hiding place. Along the way, they will meet Moomintroll's family and many friends. The funny names--from Snufkin to...

  • Moomin's Secret Surprise Sticker Book

    Today is Moominmamma's birthday and Moomintroll wants to give her a secret surprise party! There is lots to do, from making a cake to picking some flowers and decorating for the party. Match the stickers to the empty shapes on each page and join in w...

  • Moomin And The Winter Snow

    A heartwarming exploration of friendship as Snufkin travels south for the winter. Snufkin is traveling south for the winter season and travels through the village to say good-bye to his friends. Moomintroll is sad about his friend’s departure. ...

  • Moomin's Most Magical Pop-up Book



  • Moomin and the Birthday Button

    Moomintrolls

    On his birthday, Moomintroll wakes up full of excitement. It will surely be the most wonderful day. But when his friends all seem to be too busy to help him celebrate, it doesn’t feel wonderful at all -- until a happy surprise comes knocking. Kids ...

  • Moomin And The Moonlight Adventure

    It had been raining for days in Moominvalley, but now the clouds have cleared and it is a fine day for an adventure. Moomintroll is excited - he and Snorkmaiden and Little My, Moominpappa and Moominmamma, were all going to sail to Lonely Island to lo...

  • Art in Nature

    An elderly caretaker at a large outdoor exhibition, called Art in Nature, finds that a couple have lingered on to bicker about the value of a picture; he has a surprising suggestion that will resolve both their row and his own ambivalence about the a...

  • Moomin Book Seven: The Complete Tove Jansson Comic Strip

    RETURN TO MOOMIN VALLEY IN THE SEVENTH VOLUME OF THE CLASSIC COMIC BY LARS JANSSONIn this volume of the Complete Lars Jansson comic, Jansson’s work, already quite polished, takes on a joie de vivre heretofore unseen. The Moomins rebel once...

  • Moominvalley Turns Jungle

    Moomintrolls

    THE TOVE JANSSON CLASSIC IN A NEW SOFTCOVER FORMAT

    Due to the resounding success of the hardcover Moomin comics by Tove Jansson and Lars Jansson, D+Q is reissuing this classic comic in an all-new format. Available in an affordable kid-proof ...

  • Moomin Builds a House

    Moomintrolls

    The debut appearance of everyone's favorite pest, Little My!


    Another classic Moomin story reworked in full color, with a kid-proof but kid-friendly size, price, and format.

    After Mymble's family comes to visit the Moomins, her litt...

  • Moomin Falls in Love

    Moomintrolls

    With Moominvalley underwater, will Moomin's romantic tendencies get him in trouble?


    Another classic Moomin story reworked in full color, with a kid-proof but kid-friendly size, price, and format.

    Moominvalley is flooded, so Snorkm...

  • Moomin and the Sea

    The Moomin family moves to a remote island for the sake of art

    Another classic Moomin story reworked in full color, with a kid-proof but kid-friendly size, price, and format.

    Moominpappa has committed to writing a Great Novel Abou...

  • Moomin Every Day: Tove and Lars Jansson and the Creation of the Moomin Comic Strip

    A loving look at the history of the renowned Moomin strip and its creator, Tove Jansson

    Moomin Every Day details the genesis of the beloved Moomin comic strip. The strip originally appeared in the world's largest newspaper, The Evening New...

  • Moomin Book Eight: The Complete Tove Jansson Comic Strip

    Get shipwrecked with Moomin on an abandoned island in the eighth volume of the beloved Moomin hardcover series
    Lars Jansson returns with the eighth volume of the classic Moomin hardcover comic series, and the whole gang is back in action. Snif...



  • Moomin and the Golden Tail

    Moomin's tail gets its fifteen minutes of fame

    Another classic Moomin story reworked in full color, with a kid-proof but kid-friendly size, price, and format.

    One day Moomin notices that his tail seems to be thinning. Worried that Sn...

  • Moomin's Desert Island

    The Moomins picnic with their ancestors, a pair of pirates, and, best of all, Mymble

    Another classic Moomin story reworked in full color, with a kid-proof but kid-friendly size, price, and format.

    After a disastrous helicopter ride t...

  • Moomin's Touch and Feel Playbook

    A brilliant Touch and Feel Playbook, based on Tove Jansson's Moomins! With plenty for little hands to touch and feel on every page, this brilliant playbook is a perfect introduction to first words, numbers, weather, opposites and colours. Tove Jansso...

  • Moominvalley for the Curious Explorer

    Moominvalley for the Curious Explorer is a 3-D guide to the extraordinary world of the Moomins.

    Welcome to Moominvalley! Pull out your guide and explore the wonderful scenery, from the towering Moominhouse, through the forest, over the bridge and d...

  • Moomin on the Riviera

    A rerelease of the classic comic in honor of the centenary of Tove Jansson's birth

    As springtime dawns in Moominvalley and the first northern crocus opens, Moominpappa and Snorkmaiden, glamorized by the prospects of movie stars and gambling,...

  • Moomin

    A celebration of Tove Jansson's legacy, one hundred years after her birth

    Tove Jansson's Moomin stories made her one of the most beloved Scandinavian authors of the twentieth century. Jansson's whimsical tales of Moominvalley resonate with c...

  • The Woman Who Borrowed Memories

    An NYRB Classics Original   Tove Jansson was a master of brevity, unfolding worlds at a touch. Her art flourished in small settings, as can be seen in her bestselling novel The Summer Book and in her internationally celebrated cartoon strips a...

  • Moomin and the Martians

    A flying saucer crash-lands in Moominvalley and high jinks ensue

    Another classic Moomin story reworked in full color, with a kid-proof but kid-friendly size, price, and format.
    Moominmamma wakes up one morning and finds that a flying sa...

  • I Spy With Moomin

  • Moomin and the Wishing Star

    When Moomintroll finds a beautiful shiny pebble, Snorkmaiden thinks it might be a star - and if it is a star, then Moomin can make a wish! But wishes are difficult things to get right, and while Moomin worries about what his wish will be, the star's ...



  • Moominmamma's Maid

    Another classic Moomin story reworked in full color, with a kid-proof but kid-friendly size, price, and format.

    With a maid to help around the house, will the Moomins become respectable?

    A housekeeping and mother-craft expert named M...

  • Letters from Klara

    The rich seam that is Jansson's adult prose continues with this penultimate collection of short stories, written in her seventies at the height of her Moomin fame and translated into English for the first time. In these light-footed, beautifully craf...

  • Moomin's Seek and Find Finger-Trail book

    Moomin is searching everywhere for Snufkin, but he is nowhere to be seen. Where could he be? Follow the finger trails on every page to explore Moominvalley and help Moomin find his best friend! Tove Jansson was born in Helsingfors, Finland, in 1914. ...

  • The Memoirs Of Moominpappa

    Special Collectors' Edition Hardback "One cold and windy autumn evening many years ago a newspaper parcel was found on the doorstep of the Home for Moomin Foundlings. In that parcel I lay, quite small and shivering with cold." So begins the remark...

  • All About Moomin

    The perfect introduction to the wonderful world of the Moomins. Join Moomintroll for his busy day, from collecting treasures with Sniff, to listening to Moominpapa''s stories of the sea. Every day is a new adventure in Moominvalley.

    A gentle, enga...

  • Finn Family Moomintroll and Other Stories

    Penguin presents the audio CD edition of Finn Family Moomintroll and Other Stories by Tove Jansson, read by Hugh Dennis.

    Finn Family Moomintroll
    Moomintroll is cheerful and chubby and lives in the magical Moominvalley with his mother, Moominmamm...

  • Summer Stories from Moominvalley

    Penguin presents the audio CD edition of Summer Stories from Moominvalley by Tove Jansson, read by Hugh Dennis.

    Moominsummer Madness
    It all began with a hot day in June, and a volcano dropping black ash on to Moominmamma''s washing. Next a cra...

  • Moomin and the Ice Festival

    It's winter in Moominvalley and Moomintroll and his family are getting ready for the Long Winter Sleep. But as the first flakes of snow fall, they receive an exciting invitation to the Ice Festival. Will they be brave enough to venture out now winter...

  • Midwinter Tales from Moominvalley

    Penguin presents the audio CD edition of Midwinter Tales from Moominvalley by Tove Jansson, read by Hugh Dennis.

    Moominvalley in November
    Winter is approaching, and the Fillyjonk, the Hemulen, Toft and others have travelled far and wide to visi...

  • Moomin's Pancake Picnic Peep-Inside

    There''s going to be a pancake picnic and everyone in Moominvalley is invited. It''s time for Moomintroll to gather everyone together, but where is Little My? She loves pancakes!

    Little My''s distinctive red dress should be easy to spot, but ...

  • Moomin and the Golden Leaf

    Tonight everyone in Moominvalley will be going to the Autumn Ball and Moomintroll and Sniff are busy helping with preparations. But when they discover an extraordinary golden leaf on the forest floor, will they be able to find a tree full of golden l...

  • The Invisible Guest in Moominvalley

    A stunning and classic picture book, with a special textured cover, The Invisible Guest in Moominvalley is the perfect gift for Moomin fans of all ages. In Moominvalley everyone is welcome. So when Too-ticky arrives with an unusually invisible guest,...

  • Moomin and the Spring Surprise

    If you haven''t met a Moomin yet, you''re missing the most magical fun . . .

    It''s winter in Moominvalley and the Moomin family are deep in their Long Winter Sleep, waiting for the sound of Too-Ticky''s barrel organ to rouse them, as it did every s...

  • Moomintroll Sets Sail

  • Moomin and the Midsummer Mystery

    If you haven't met a Moomin yet, you're missing the most magical fun . . .It's a long, lazy midsummer afternoon in Moominvalley and the whole family are relaxing outdoors. But suddenly Moominpappa's precious notebook and fountain pen vanish, and the ...

  • The Last Dragon in Moominvalley

    When Moomintroll finds a tiny dragon, he puts it in a jar to keep as a pet. Moomintroll is so excited, but soon realizes the little dragon needs to be free. When free, the dragon seems to prefer to be with Snufkin and this breaks Moomintroll’s ...

  • Goodnight Moomin

  • Moomin and the Great Outdoors

  • Best Friends

  • My First Moomin

    Meet Moomintroll and all his friends in this charming picture book story about overcoming your fears!It's a beautiful summer's afternoon in Moominvalley - just right for a swim at the beach! But the idea of getting his ears wet makes Moomintroll's tu...

  • The Moomin 123

  • The Moomin ABC

  • Moomin Words Tummy Time

    Babies will love tummy time with this beautiful accordion book set in the wonderful world of Moominvalley.   A beautiful first fold-out book, perfect for tummy time, with high contrast colors, and simple first words....

  • Little My and the Wild Wind

  • Moomin and the Hat

    Penguin Readers is an ELT graded reader series for learners of English as a foreign language. With carefully adapted text, new illustrations and language learning exercises, the print edition also includes instructions to access supporting material o...

  • Moomin Shorts

    Penguin Readers is an ELT graded reader series for learners of English as a foreign language. With carefully adapted text, new illustrations and language learning exercises, the print edition also includes instructions to access supporting material o...

  • Moomin Adventures: Book One

    The classic comic strip by Tove Jansson and Lars Jansson in a new paperback seriesPresented in an all new softcover format that collects the all ages comics of both Tove Jansson and Lars Jansson, the five-volume Moomin Adventures series will introduc...

  • Moomin's First Hundred Words

    If you haven’t met a Moomin yet you’re missing the most magical fun!   There are over twenty flaps to lift in this fun book. Each spread is themed with topics that toddlers and their adults will love, such as at home, outdoors, eatin...

  • Sun City

    From the author of The Summer Book and creator of the Moomins, an off-beat novel about a retirement community in sunny Florida. In The Summer Book and The True Deceiver, as in her many short stories, Tove Jansson was drawn again and again to the ev...

  • Moominpappa and the Great Flood

    If you haven't met a Moomin yet, you're missing the most magical fun...Join Moomintroll and his friends in this very special picture book to celebrate the 80th anniversary of the classic story, The Moomins and The Great Flood.A storm is blowing throu...

  • Moomin Pull-Out Prints

Award-Winning Books by Tove Jansson

The True Deceiver
2011 Best Translated Book Award -- Fiction


Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Tove Jansson has published 80 books.

The next book by Tove Jansson, Moomin Pull-Out Prints, will be published in June 2025.

The first book by Tove Jansson, The Moomins and the Great Flood, was published in January 1945.

Yes. Tove Jansson has 1 series.
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