An NYRB Classics Original  Tove Jansson was a master of brevity, unfolding worlds at a touch. Her art flourished in small settings, as can be seen in her bestselling novel The Summer Book and in her internationally celebrated cartoon...

A New York Review Books OriginalWinner of the 2009 Bernard Shaw Prize for TranslationTwo women, both artists, no longer young, live and work on opposite sides of a large apartment building, their studios connected by an attic passagew...

Like the clear, brilliantly blue sky that hangs over the small island on which it’s set, The Summer Book is intense, fleeting, and perfect. Tove Jansson’s slender novel is a season told in episodes in the lives a six-year-...

When Moomintroll learns that a comet will be passing by, he and his friend Sniff travel to the Observatory on the Lonely Mountains to consult the Professors. Along the way, they have many adventures, but the greatest adventure of all ...

It is spring in the valley and the Moomins are ready for adventure! Moomintroll and his friends Snufkin and Sniff find the Hobgoblin's top hat, all shiny and new and just waiting to be taken home. They soon realize that his is no ordi...

A traveling prophet may hold the key to happiness, but do the Moomins really need it?When a charismatic prophet comes to town, the residents of Moominvalley are easily convinced to follow his doctrine for true happiness. Intrigued by ...

Everyone knows the Moomins sleep through the winter. But this year, Moomintroll has woken up early. So while the rest of the family slumber, he decides to visit his favorite summer haunts. But all he finds is this strange white stuff....

Another classic Moomin story reworked in full color, with a kid-proof but kid-friendly size, price, and format.With a maid to help around the house, will the Moomins become respectable?A housekeeping and mother-craft expert named Mrs....

Leave Moominvalley? Is it possible? Yes, even the Moomin family need a change of scenery sometimes, so they're off to live in a lighthouse on a tiny island. Here they find space to grow, and to do things they couldn't in their comfort...

Before he had a family, Moominpappa led a life of adventure and intrigue. But he's never told his story until now. He has a bad cold, and it's the perfect time to remember his youthful endeavors and to ponder the experiences which hav...

When a flood sweeps through the valley, the Moomins must find a new house. And with typical Moomin good luck, one just happens to be floating by. It looks normal enough, but there are curtains where one wall should be, strange rows of...

Now that autumn is turning into winter, a group of unlikely friends—including the Fillyjonk, the Hemulen, and Toft—are waiting in Moominvalley to see the Moomins, for winter doesn't seem right without them. But the Moomins are not...

Tove Jansson's memoirs of her early years, filled with joy, exuberance, and the satisfaction of being—with an abundance of photographic illustrations.The excitement of being alive and savoring the good things that are life pervades ...

Here are nine delightfully funny stories about the triumphs and tribulations of the citizens of Moominvalley. Readers will discover how the Moomin family save young Ninny from permanent invisibility, and what happens when Moomintroll ...

A New York Review Books OriginalDeception–the lies we tell ourselves and the lies we tell others –is the subject of The True Deceiver, Tove Jansson's most unnerving and unpredictable novel. Here Jansson takes a darker look at the ...