Tove Jansson Family Moomintroll". In addition to the Moomin novels and short stories, Tove Jansson also wrote and illustrated four original and popular picture books: "The Book about Moomin, Mymble and Little My" (1952), "Who will Comfort Toffle?" (1960), "The Dangerous Journey" (1977) and "An Unwanted Guest" (1980). As the Moomins' fame grew, two of the original novels, "Comet in Moominland" and "The Exploits of Moominpappa", were revised by Jansson and republished. After "Moominvalley in November" Tove Jansson stopped writing about Moomins and started writing for adults. "The Summer Book" is the best known of her adult fiction translated into English. It
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