The Book about Moomin, Mymble and Little My

The Book about Moomin, Mymble and Little My was the first Moomin picture book by Finnish author Tove Jansson, published in 1952 in Swedish. It is the first Moomin book to be adapted into an iPad app.[1]

The Book about Moomin, Mymble and Little My
First Swedish edition
AuthorTove Jansson
Original titleHur gick det sen? Boken om Mymlan, Mumintrollet och Lilla My
TranslatorSilvester Mazzarella, Sophie Hannah
IllustratorTove Jansson
Cover artistTove Jansson
CountryFinland
LanguageSwedish
SeriesMoomins
GenrePicture book
Publication date
1952
ISBN1-883211-10-7 (English) 978-2-7234-6766-7 (French)
OCLC40510615
[E] 21
LC ClassPZ8.3.J265 Mo 1996

Plot edit

Moomintroll is taking milk back home to his mother, Moominmamma when he meets The Mymble who is searching for her missing sister Little My. Together the pair go looking for her.

Style edit

The book is fully illustrated with all text written in rhyming verse in a box in the corner. Each spread in the book features cut-out holes, having the reader catch a glimpse of the next pages and anticipate 'what happens next' ('Hur gick det sen?' in the original Swedish language).

References edit

  1. ^ "Celebrating Tove Jansson". Library of Congress. 2014-08-11. Retrieved 2017-01-01.

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