Books by Tove Jansson

Portrait of Tove Jansson

Tove Jansson, the celebrated Finnish author and artist, is best known for creating the beloved Moomin stories, which have enchanted readers of all ages for decades. Her writing blends gentle humour with philosophical depth, exploring themes of belonging, nature, and the quiet complexities of family life. Jansson's distinctive illustrations and lyrical prose have made her work timeless, crossing cultural boundaries with their warmth and insight.

Beyond the Moomin valley, Jansson's adult fiction, including novels and short stories, reveals her keen observation of human relationships and the changing seasons of life. Her works demonstrate a rare ability to capture both whimsy and melancholy, offering readers a deeply humane perspective. Each book stands as a testament to her artistry and enduring influence on Scandinavian and world literature.

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  • Moomin Book Two

    Drawn and Quarterly Moomin Book Two

    15 in stock

    Book SynopsisIn the second volume of Tove Jansson''s humorous yet melancholic Moomin comic strip, we get four new stories about jealousy, competition, child rearing, and self-reinvention. The Moomins try to hibernate in the fashion of their ancestors but insomnia places them smack-dab into a winter carnival with the winter-sports-loving Mr. Brisk. The fickle and eternally lovestruck Mymble and Snorkmaiden find themselves in competition over a thrilling new man. Moominmamma meets her new neighbor, the Fillyjonk, causing her to hire the depressed and secretive Misabel as her new maid. Mymble''s mother arrives on the Moomin family''s doorstep with her seventeen new children. Finally, a prophet arrives on the scene declaring that the happy Moomins are in fact not happy at all and need to get back to nature and be free. Moomin, of course, becomes more and more miserable the freer he gets.

    15 in stock

    £17.09

  • Moomin Book Three: The Complete Tove Jansson

    Drawn and Quarterly Moomin Book Three: The Complete Tove Jansson

    15 in stock

    Book SynopsisA third installment in a top-selling series returns readers to Moominvalley, where Moomin falls in love with a damsel in distress, the valley is transformed into a tropical rain forest by an unseasonably warm spell, and a flying saucer crashes into Moominmamma''s garden.

    15 in stock

    £12.34

  • Moomin Book Four: The complete Tove Jansson Comic

    Drawn and Quarterly Moomin Book Four: The complete Tove Jansson Comic

    5 in stock

    Book SynopsisMore delightful tales from the legendary Finnish artistDrawn & Quarterly''s bestselling Moomin series, created by the legendary children''s author Tove Jansson, is now in its fourth installment. The series is the winner of the Harvey Award and has been nominated for multiple Eisner Awards.

    5 in stock

    £15.19

  • Moomin Book Five

    Drawn and Quarterly Moomin Book Five

    15 in stock

    Book SynopsisThe 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.

    15 in stock

    £12.34

  • The Book About Moomin, Mymble, and Little My

    Drawn and Quarterly The Book About Moomin, Mymble, and Little My

    10 in stock

    Book SynopsisIn 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 way, they endure the hijinks of all the charming characters of the Moomin world, including the Fillijonks and Hattifatteners. Will Moomintroll ever make it home safe and sound?A beautiful and boisterous story by internationally acclaimed children''s author Tove Jansson, this picture book is sure to tickle the fancies of parents and kids as well as Moomintroll fans everywhere!

    10 in stock

    £14.41

  • Letters from Klara: Short stories

    Sort of Books Letters from Klara: Short stories

    15 in stock

    Book SynopsisThe 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 crafted yet disquieting stories, Jansson tells of discomfiting encounters, unlooked for connections and moments of isolation that span generations and decades. Letters From Klara proves yet again her mastery of this literary form.Trade ReviewA treat of a collection * Mail on Sunday *Delightful ... Jansson is by turn funny, melancholy and slyly mischievous - qualities brilliantly evident in the titular story * Daily Mail *

    15 in stock

    £9.49

  • Comet in Moominland

    Sort of Books Comet in Moominland

    15 in stock

    Book SynopsisComet in Moominland, the first full-length Moomin novel, was published 80 years ago. Tove revised the story a decade later and again in 1968, reframing adventures (and adding new characters). Now for the first time this edition can be read in English, in a brand new translation. Tove Jansson's story of a mysterious, threatening comet, and the journey of discovery by Moomin and his friend Sniff across the Lonely Mountains, has captivated generations of readers across the world. The story introduced much-loved Moomin characters, including free-spirited Snufkin, the philosophical Muskrat, the intuitive Snorkmaiden, obsessional Hemulens and strange Hattifatteners. Tove Jansson wrote her story in 1946 and its themes evoke both the threats and devastation of war and a determination to have fun whatever. Or as Snorkmaiden observes, 'We began talking about dancing. Suddenly you started talking about the comet. I'm still talking about dancing.'

    15 in stock

    £11.69

  • Reclam Philipp Jun. Mumins lange Reise

    15 in stock

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    15 in stock

    £8.00

  • Kampa Verlag Fair Play

    7 in stock

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    7 in stock

    £11.40

  • Kampa Verlag Stadt der Sonne

    15 in stock

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    15 in stock

    £12.35

  • Arena Verlag GmbH Die Mumins. Eine drollige Gesellschaft

    15 in stock

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    15 in stock

    £12.35

  • Arena Verlag GmbH Die Mumins 1 Mumins lange Reise

    15 in stock

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    15 in stock

    £9.50

  • Arena Verlag GmbH Die Mumins. Komet im Mumintal

    15 in stock

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    15 in stock

    £12.35

  • Arena Verlag GmbH Die Mumins. Geschichten aus dem Mumintal

    15 in stock

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    15 in stock

    £12.35

  • Arena Verlag GmbH Die Mumins 5. Sturm im Mumintal

    15 in stock

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    15 in stock

    £11.40

  • Arena Verlag GmbH Die Mumins 8. Mumins wundersame Inselabenteuer

    7 in stock

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    7 in stock

    £11.40

  • Arena Verlag GmbH Die Mumins 9. Herbst im Mumintal

    15 in stock

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    15 in stock

    £11.40

  • Lübbe Das Winterbuch

    15 in stock

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    15 in stock

    £11.40

  • Lübbe Das Sommerbuch

    15 in stock

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    15 in stock

    £12.35

  • Schuenemann C.E. Mumin und der Weltuntergang

    1 in stock

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    1 in stock

    £17.91

  • Urachhaus/Geistesleben Stadt der Sonne

    1 in stock

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    1 in stock

    £19.80

  • Urachhaus/Geistesleben Das Puppenhaus

    2 in stock

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    2 in stock

    £19.80

  • Urachhaus/Geistesleben Der Steinacker

    3 in stock

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    3 in stock

    £18.00

  • Urachhaus/Geistesleben Der Boulevard

    2 in stock

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    2 in stock

    £17.17

  • Urachhaus/Geistesleben Die ehrliche Betrgerin

    3 in stock

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    3 in stock

    £19.80

  • Urachhaus/Geistesleben Reisen mit leichtem Gepäck

    3 in stock

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    3 in stock

    £19.80

  • Reprodukt Mumins 1

    15 in stock

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    15 in stock

    £20.40

  • Reprodukt Mumins 2

    1 in stock

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    1 in stock

    £20.40

  • Reprodukt Mumins 4

    2 in stock

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    2 in stock

    £21.60

  • Reprodukt Mumins 3

    2 in stock

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    2 in stock

    £21.60

  • 7 in stock

    £20.40

  • Reprodukt Mumin und der Komet

    7 in stock

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    7 in stock

    £9.50

  • Reprodukt Mumins Winterfreuden

    3 in stock

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    3 in stock

    £9.50

  • Reprodukt Mumin ist verliebt

    1 in stock

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    1 in stock

    £9.50

  • Reprodukt Mumins einsame Insel

    1 in stock

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    1 in stock

    £9.50

  • Reprodukt Mumin und die Marsmenschen

    7 in stock

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    7 in stock

    £11.40

  • Reprodukt Mumin und die Ruber

    3 in stock

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    3 in stock

    £9.50

  • La llegada del cometa / Comet In Moominland

    Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial La llegada del cometa / Comet In Moominland

    1 in stock

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    1 in stock

    £18.00

  • El sombrero del mago / Finn Family Moomintroll

    Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial El sombrero del mago / Finn Family Moomintroll

    7 in stock

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    7 in stock

    £21.82

  • Coco Books, S.L. El valle de los Mumin se transforma en una selva

    1 in stock

    Book SynopsisUna caja llena de semillas tropicales llega a la playa arrastrada por las olas y, cuando Mamá Mumin las planta, el Valle de los Mumin se transforma en una exuberante selva tropical. Cuando Stinky pone en libertad a un grupo de animales exóticos del zoo, se produce el caos, y los miembros de la familia Mumin se ven obligados a demostrar de una vez por todas que no son hipopótamos.

    1 in stock

    £12.00

  • The Summer Book

    New York Review Books The Summer Book

    4 in stock

    Book SynopsisIn 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 grandmother, nearing the end of hers, as they spend the summer on a tiny unspoiled island in the Gulf of Finland. The grandmother is unsentimental and wise, if a little cranky; Sophia is impetuous and volatile, but she tends to her grandmother with the care of a new parent. Together they amble over coastline and forest in easy companionship, build boats from bark, create a miniature Venice, write a fanciful study of local bugs. They discuss things that matter to young and old alike: life, death, the nature of God and of love. “On an island,” thinks the grandmother, “everything is complete.” In The Summer Book, Jansson creates her own complete world, full of the varied joys and sorrows of life. Tove Jansson, whose Moomintroll comic strip and books brought her international acclaim, lived for much of her life on an island like the one described in The Summer Book, and the work can be enjoyed as her closely observed journal of the sounds, sights, and feel of a summer spent in intimate contact with the natural world. The Summer Book is translated from the Swedish by Thomas Teal.

    4 in stock

    £41.25

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