The style of the Moomin books changed as time went by.

The name " Moomin " comes from Tove Jansson's uncle, Einar Hammarsten: when she was studying in Stockholm and living with her Swedish relations, her uncle tried to stop her pilfering food by telling her that a " Moomintroll " lived in the kitchen closet and breathed cold air down people's necks.

Tove Jansson drew 21 long Moomin stories from 1954 to 1959, writing them at first by herself and then with her brother Lars Jansson.

In 1974 the first Moomin opera was produced, with music composed by Ilkka Kuusisto.

In June 2012, West recorded an English narration of The Book about Moomin, Mymble and Little My by Tove Jansson for an interactive audiobook developed by Spinfy and published by Sort of Books.

Most of the Moomin books by Finnish author Tove Jansson were novels, but several Moomin picture books were also published between 1952 and 1980, like Who Will Comfort Toffle?

In Finn Family Moomintroll, the third book of the Moomin series of children's books by Tove Jansson, The Hobgoblin is a strange magical creature ; even his hat, when found by other creatures, can work strange sorts of magic all by itself.

The Hattifatteners ( Swedish: Hattifnattar, Finnish: Hattivatit ) are creatures in the Moomin books and comic strips by Tove Jansson.

In the first comic story the Hattifatteners appear, although they are not mentioned by that name, and Moomin says that they are his " poor relations ".

The museum contains also dozens of roomboxes with Moomin characters, all made by Tuulikki Pietilä.

Moomintroll () is the main character in the Moomin books by Tove Jansson.

Little My ( Swedish: Lilla My-literally: " little mu ") is a character in the Moomin series of books by Tove Jansson.

She is eventually adopted by the Moomin family.

In addition, Little My plays major roles in the picture-books The Book about Moomin, Mymble and Little My and An Unwanted Guest, has a brief speaking role in The Dangerous Journey, and makes a silent ( and unmentioned by the narrative ) cameo in one of the illustrations in Who Will Comfort Toffle ?.

The publisher also has an imprint for children called Enfant, with which they have published the Moomin works of Tove Jansson and Pippi Longstocking comics by Astrid Lindgren and Ingrid Vang Nyman.

** Moomin Book One by Tove Jansson ( Drawn & Quarterly )

The literal name of the band, ' The mummies ' troll ', is a pun on Moomin Troll, the series of Finnish children's books by Tove Jansson.

Moominmamma ( Muminmamman ) is a character in the Moomin series of books by Finnish author Tove Jansson.

Moominpappa ( Muminpappan, i. e. " The Moomin Dad ")-is a character in the Moomin series of books by Finnish author Tove Jansson.

Besides the Moomin novels and short stories, Tove Jansson also wrote and illustrated four original and highly popular picture books: The Book about Moomin, Mymble and Little My ( 1952 ), Who will Comfort Toffle?

The series was published in book form in Swedish, and books 1 to 6 have been published in English, Moomin: The Complete Tove Jansson Comic Strip.

* The Moomin Trove Comprehensive lists of Tove Jansson's Moomin books

Nonetheless, among his literary influences, he acknowledges Tove Jansson's Moomin, Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, and J. R. R. Tolkien's Lord of the Rings.

* In Tampere in Finland, the Moomin Museum displays the Moomin house, a dollhouse created around the Moomin characters of Tove Jansson.

Other artists who have found inspiration in Tolkien's works include Catherine Karina Chmiel, Inger Edelfeldt, Anke Eißmann, Roger Garland, Michael Hague, Tove Jansson ( of Moomin fame, illustrator of Swedish and Finnish translations of The Hobbit ), Paul Raymond Gregory, Tim Kirk, Angus McBride, Kay Miner, Billy Mosig, Colleen Doran, Jenny Dolfen and Matěj Čadil.

In 2006, Drawn and Quarterly began publishing the Moomin comic strips of Finnish writer and artist Tove Jansson, in book format, in the series Moomin: The Complete Tove Jansson Comic Strip.

Jansson wrote and illustrated her first Moomin book, The Moomins and the Great Flood, in 1945, during World War II.

Jansson continued painting and writing for the rest of her life, although her contributions to the Moomin series became rare after 1970.

Jansson is principally known as the author of the Moomin books – stories for children that involve Jansson's creations, the Moomins.

The book was not a success ( and was the last Moomin book to be translated into English ), but the next two installments in the Moomin series, Comet in Moominland ( 1946 ) and Finn Family Moomintroll ( 1948 ), brought Jansson some fame.

In addition to providing the illustrations for her own Moomin books, Jansson also illustrated Swedish translations of classics such as J. R. R. Tolkien's The Hobbit and Lewis Carroll's The Hunting of the Snark and Alice's Adventures in Wonderland ( some used later in Finnish translations as well ).

Jansson had already drawn a long Moomin comic adventure, Mumintrollet och jordens undergång (" Moomintrolls and the End of the World "), based loosely on Comet in Moominland, for the Swedish-language newspaper Ny Tid, and she accepted the offer.

Several stage productions have been made from Jansson's Moomin series, including a number that Jansson herself was involved in.

* Mumin, Books 1 – 7 ( 1977 – 1981, Moomin ; Books 3 – 7 with Lars Jansson ) ( all seven released in Swedish, Books 1 – 6 released in English ).

She promotes Finland in her personal accoutrements, such as wearing a Moomin watch.

She is best known as the author of the Moomin books.

This first book was hardly noticed, but the next Moomin books, Comet in Moominland ( 1946 ) and Finn Family Moomintroll ( 1948 ), made her famous.

She went on to write six more Moomin books, a number of picture books and comic strips.

The first Moomin book, The Moomins and the Great Flood, was written in 1945.

The books take on more realistic settings (" realistic " in the context of the Moomin universe ) and the characters start to acquire some psychological depth.

This Moomin later gained weight and a more pleasant appearance, but in the first Moomin book The Moomins and the Great Flood ( originally Småtrollen och den stora översvämningen ), the Immanuel-Kant-Moomin is still perceptible.

Jansson's Moomin books, originally written in Swedish, have been translated into 33 languages.

The Moomin Museum in Tampere displays much of Jansson's work on the Moomins.