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Books By Tove Jansson - Author

Tove Jansson (1914 – 2001), was born in 1914 in Helingsfors, Finland. Her mother was a charicaturist and the designer of many of Finland’s stamps, and her father was a sculptor. Tove studied painting in Finland, Sweden and France and later worked as a book illustrator, a designer and strip cartoonist, as well as being involved in theatre décor and making frescoes in public places. She drew her first Moomin in the 1930s, just for fun, to tease her little brother by drawing the ugliest creature she could think of. Moomin developed a nicer snout and character and in 1939 he became a character in a children’s story. The Finn Family Moomingtroll has been a hugely successful book, translated into many languages – many other Moomin stories followed.

In 1966 Tove Jansson was awarded the Hans Christian Andersen Medal – an international award for the best children’s book of the year.

Most of the books were written on a small island in the Gulf of Finland where Tove, her mother and brother were the only inhabitants. Later Tove continued to live alone on the island - It takes an hour to row to the nearest island. Some years ago she wrote of the island:

    ‘It is so small you can walk around it in ten minutes. It is shaped like an atoll and surrounds a deep lake which in good weather makes a fine swimming pool, but in bad weather turns into a raging torrent surrounded by waterfalls. Then our boat has to be pulled right up to the house and tied to the veranda. We only have one tree, a rowan, which bloomed for the first time last summer. But we plant wild roses in the crevices, and potatoes. And we fish. We use rainwater for our coffee and driftwood for our fires. My favourite weather is fog, when the island seems to be afloat at the very end of the world in perfect silence and solitude. Only rarely does one hear the foghorns from the open sea where big ships go by for foreign countries.’

In this very special, beautiful and challenging environment Tove’s imagination and artistic talent flourished.

What Is a Moomin? An Illustrated Guide in 100 Objects

Tove Jansson

Hardback

Pre-order. 4th September 2025

£22.50 £25.00

My First Moomin

Tove Jansson

Paperback

Pre-order. 26th June 2025

£7.19 £7.99

In the Observatory Moomin Shaped Board Book

Tove Jansson

Board book

Pre-order. 1st May 2025

£7.19 £7.99

Moomin, Where Are You?

Tove Jansson

Board book

Pre-order. 17th April 2025

£8.09 £8.99

The Moomins Find a Home

Tove Jansson

Hardback

Pre-order. 6th February 2025

£17.99 £19.99

Moominpappa and the Great Flood

Tove Jansson

Paperback

Pre-order. 9th January 2025

£7.19 £7.99

Moomin's Peekaboo Night Night

Tove Jansson

Board book

In Stock

£8.09 £8.99

Moomin and the Hat

Tove Jansson

Paperback

In Stock

£7.19 £7.99

Moomin Shorts

Tove Jansson

Paperback

In Stock

£7.19 £7.99

Moomin's First 100 Words

Tove Jansson

Board book

In Stock

£8.09 £8.99

Moomin and the Great Outdoors

Tove Jansson

Board book

In Stock

£8.09 £8.99

123 Tummy Time

Tove Jansson

Board book

In Stock

£5.39 £5.99

Moominland Midwinter

Tove Jansson

Hardback

In Stock

£13.49 £14.99

Meet the Moomins!

Tove Jansson

Board book

In Stock

£6.30 £7.00

Moomin

Tove Jansson

Hardback

In Stock

£15.29 £16.99

Moomin Baby

Tove Jansson

Board book

In Stock

£7.19 £7.99

Moomin and the Spring Surprise

Tove Jansson

Paperback

In Stock

£7.19 £7.99

Moomin and the Windy Day

Tove Jansson

Board book

In Stock

£7.19 £7.99

Moomin's Pancake Picnic

Tove Jansson

Board book

In Stock

£8.09 £8.99

Moominvalley in November

Tove Jansson

Paperback

In Stock

£7.19 £7.99

Comet in Moominland

Tove Jansson

Paperback

In Stock

£7.19 £7.99

Moominpappa at Sea

Tove Jansson

Paperback

In Stock

£7.19 £7.99

Moominsummer Madness

Tove Jansson

Paperback

In Stock

£7.19 £7.99

Tales from Moominvalley

Tove Jansson

Paperback

In Stock

£7.19 £7.99

The Exploits of Moominpappa

Tove Jansson

Paperback

In Stock

£7.19 £7.99

Moomin and the Ice Festival

Tove Jansson

Paperback

In Stock

£7.19 £7.99

Finn Family Moomintroll and Other Stories

Tove Jansson

CD-Audio

In Stock

£13.49 £14.99

All About Moomin

Tove Jansson

Board book

In Stock

£7.19 £7.99

The Memoirs Of Moominpappa

Tove Jansson

Hardback

In Stock

£11.69 £12.99

Finn Family Moomintroll

Tove Jansson

Hardback

In Stock

£11.69 £12.99

Moomin's Seek and Find Finger-Trail Book

Tove Jansson

Board book

In Stock

£7.19 £7.99

The Pocket Moomin Colouring Book

Tove Jansson

Paperback

In Stock

£8.09 £8.99

Moomin and the Ocean's Song

Tove Jansson

Paperback

In Stock

£7.19 £7.99

Moomin's Peekaboo Adventure

Tove Jansson

Board book

In Stock

£7.19 £7.99

Club Life in Moomin Valley

Tove Jansson

Paperback

In Stock

£8.09 £8.99

Moominmamma's Maid

Tove Jansson

Paperback

In Stock

£8.09 £8.99

Moomin and the Martians

Tove Jansson

Paperback

In Stock

£8.09 £8.99

Moomin on the Riviera

Tove Jansson

Paperback

In Stock

£8.09 £8.99

Moominvalley for the Curious Explorer

Tove Jansson

Hardback

In Stock

£6.29 £6.99

Moomin and the Golden Tail

Tove Jansson

Paperback

In Stock

£8.09 £8.99

Moomin's Desert Island

Tove Jansson

Paperback

In Stock

£8.09 £8.99

Moomin's Touch and Feel Playbook

Tove Jansson

Board book

In Stock

£8.09 £8.99

Moomin and the Comet

Tove Jansson

Paperback

In Stock

£8.09 £8.99

Moomin Builds a House

Tove Jansson

Paperback

In Stock

£8.09 £8.99

Moominvalley Turns Jungle

Tove Jansson

Paperback

Not Available

Moomin's Winter Follies

Tove Jansson

Paperback

In Stock

£8.09 £8.99

The Moomins and the Great Flood

Tove Jansson

Hardback

Temporarily Out Of Stock

£11.69 £12.99

Moomin and the Birthday Button

Tove Jansson

Paperback

In Stock

£7.19 £7.99

Moominpappa's Memoirs

Tove Jansson

Paperback

Not Available

Who Will Comfort Toffle

Jansson and 1 more

Ebook (Epub)

Not Available

Dangerous Journey

Jansson and 1 more

Ebook (Epub)

Not Available

Moomin Book 1

Jansson and 1 more

Ebook (Epub)

Not Available