The Moomins are the central characters in a series of novels, short stories, picture books, and a comic strip by Finnish writer and illustrator Tove Jansson, originally published in Swedish by Schildts in Finland. They are a family of white, round fairy-tale characters with large snouts that make them resemble the hippopotamus. However, despite this resemblance, the Moomin family are trolls. The family live in their house in Moominvalley.
The Moomins, comic book cover by Tove JanssonFrom left to right: Sniff, Snufkin, Moominpappa, Moominmamma, Moomintroll (Moomin), the Mymble's daughter, Groke, Snork Maiden and Hattifatteners
Finnish Moomin toys from the 1950s
Edward the Booble and the bathing hut, at Moominworld
Tove Jansson with Moomin dolls
A picture book combines visual and verbal narratives in a book format, most often aimed at young children. With the narrative told primarily through text, they are distinct from comics, which do so primarily through sequential images.
Peter Rabbit with his family, from The Tale of Peter Rabbit by Beatrix Potter, 1902
A board book
A reprint of the 1658 illustrated Orbis Pictus
Cover of Babes in the Wood, illustrated by Randolph Caldecott
