The Book about Moomin, Mymble and Little My

By Tove Jansson

This genre-breaking picture book celebrated 70 years in 2022! The Book about Moomin, Mymble and Little My was the first Moomin picture book by Tove Jansson. The Book about Moomin, Mymble and Little My was the first Moomin picture book by the author and artist Tove Jansson. The book has been a source of inspiration for artists, writers and readers ever since it came out. The playful rhyming text describes the journey of Moomintroll taking milk back home to Moominmamma, when he meets Mymble who is searching for her missing sister, Little My. Together the pair go looking for her and encounter various characters from Moominvalley and get roped into the most curious places along the way. The use of cutouts that form the book from page to page change the way the story is told in this innovative composition, that can also be seen as a delightful and colourful work of art. 

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About the author

Tove Jansson (1914-2001), Finnish-Swedish writer and artist, achieved worldwide fame as the creator of the Moomins, written and illustrated between 1945 and 1970. The books about the brave, adventurous, yet family-focused and home-loving Moomins have been translated into more than 60 languages and are still in print all over the world today.The Moomins were, of course, only a part of Jansson’s prodigious output. Already admired in Nordic art circles as a painter, cartoonist and illustrator, she would go on to write a series of classic novels and short stories. She remains Scandinavia’s best-loved author.Tove Jansson’s work reflected the tenets of her life: her love of family and nature, and her insistence on freedom to pursue her art. “Work and love” was the motto she chose for herself and her approach to both was joyful and uncompromising.