Books by Tove Jansson

A Moomintroll is small and shy and fat, and has a Moominpappa and a Moominmamma. Moomins live in the forests of Finland. One day Moominpappa is feeling at a loss. He has no idea what to do with himself because it seems everything has already been done. So he takes his family off to start a new life in a lighthouse on a tiny, rocky island far out to sea. It's rather quiet and lonely at first, but as they begin to explore their unusual surroundings the Moomins discover some funny and surprising new things about themselves.

'This is snow,' Moomintroll whispered to himself.Moomins always sleep through the winter - or they did until the year Moomintroll woke up and went exploring in the silent, snow-covered valley where the river used to scuttle along and all his friends were so busy in summer.

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, engaging story in a board book shaped just like Moomintroll.

The stories 'Moominsummer Madness' and 'Comet In Moominland' are read here, depicting the exodus from Moomin Valley after a surprising natural event, and the attempt on Moomintroll and Sniff's part to ask the Professor if the coming comet is dangerous or not.

All the Moomins want to do is sleep through the long, harsh winter, but nothing goes according to plan when several unexpected and unwanted guests show up!

Moomin s pushy relations have come to stay, and in the process of getting them out, he unwittingly embarks on a quest for fame and fortune with his sly friend Sniff.

Moomin is searching everywhere for Snufkin, but he is nowhere to be seen. Where could he be? Follow the tactile finger trail on every page to explore Moominvalley and help Moomin find his best friend!

Love is . . . LoudLove is . . . QuietJoin The Moomins for a celebration of love. This delightful little book features all of your favourite Moomin characters and whimsical illustrations by Tove Jansson. The perfect gift for Valentine's Day, or any other day you want to say 'I love you!'

Moomin and his family are going on holiday! Can you help them pack? Where are Snorkmaiden's pearls? Where is Moominpappa's fishing rod?

Welcome to the Moominhouse! Full of secrets and extraordinary creatures, the curious explorer is rewarded by magical discoveries... Little My is looking for her friend Moomintroll - where can he be?

When a charismatic prophet comes to town, the residents of Moominvalley are easily convinced to follow his doctrine for true happiness.

Another classic Moomin story reworked in full colour

Moominmma accidentally joins a club of gangersts after being refused entry to Moominpappa's new 'rebel father's club.

A heartwarming tale of Moomin's reunion with his parents

Moomin and the Martians is a lighthearted romp that reaffirms the importance of family.

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

Suitable for Moomin fans young and old, and features sumptuous artwork. Tove Jansson was born in Helsingfors, Finland, in 1914, this title features wonderful scenery, from the towering Moominhouse, through the forest, over the bridge and down to the sea...

A playbook that offers plenty for little hands to touch and feel on every page. It offers an introduction to first words, numbers, weather, opposites and colours.

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 art market. A draughtsman's obsession with drawing locomotives provides a dark twist to a love story. A cartoonist takes over the work of a colleague who has suffered a nervous breakdown only to discover that his own sanity is in danger. In these witty, sharp, often disquieting stories, Tove Jansson reveals the fault-lines in our relationship with art, both as artists and as consumers. Obsession, ambition, and the discouragement of criti are all brought into focus in these wise and cautionary tales. Translated into English for the first time by Thomas Teal.

A unique and authentic voice that speaks to the reader across time and culture, heart to heart.' Boyd Tonkin, The Independent Aunt Gerda - the good listener - fears the encroaching forgetfulness of old age. Her solution is to create an artwork that will record and, inevitably, betray the secrets long confided in her. So begins Jansson's short story debut, a tour de force of scalpel-sharp narration that takes us from a disquieting homage to the artist Edward Gorey, to perfect evocations of childhood innocence and recklessness, to a city ravaged by storms, or the slow halting thaw of spring. These stories are gifts of originality and depth. In her first ever story collection, Jansson reveals the clarity of vision and light philosophical touch that were to become her hallmarks. The Listener was published in Swedish in 1971 but appears here for the first time in English. Sort Of Books have also published translations of seven other Tove Jansson books for adults: the novels The Summer Book, Fair Play and The True Deceiver; and the story collections Travelling Light, Art in Nature, Sculptor's Daughter: A Childhood Memoir) and A Winter Book.

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

A little girl is transported with the help of magic glasses from the tedium of a summer afternoon into an exciting world of mangrove swamps, spluttering volcanoes and sea where birds fly upside down and wild things threaten to pounce. But she is not alone.

The final volume in the series drawn by Tove Jansson Moomin Book Five: The Complete Tove Jansson Comic Strip features the final strips drawn by Tove Jansson and written by her brother Lars for the London Evening News, before Lars took over both the art and the writing. The first "Moomin Winter" returns with more unwanted guests than in Book One, especially the curious and secret-spilling Nibling, sending the Moomin household into a tizzy of secrecy and closed doors. In "Moomin Under Sail," theMoomins find themselves without a new adventure until Too-Ticky's compass gives them the idea to build a boat and head to sea. Finally, we meet the Fuddler in "Fuddler's Courtship."Mymble captures poor Fuddler's heart, and his bumbling drives her straight into the arms of Dr.Hatter, the local psychiatrist. Delightfully quirky, the Moomin family does not fare well under the gaze of someone trained in correcting odd behavior.