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Finland's fantastic troll family, the Moomins, are coming to "Moominvalley" in an animated series in the UK. Tove Jansson created the beloved mythical creatures in reaction to the anguish of war.

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For the Moomins as a species, see Moomintrolls. Moomintroll (Swedish: Mumintrollet or Mumin; Finnish: Muumipeikko or Muumi; Japanese: ムーミントロール) is the main character in the Moomin books by Tove Jansson. He is a Moomitroll or Moomin and lives in the Moominhouse together with his father Moominpappa and his mother Moominmamma. He is best friends with Snufkin, and good friends with many others who live in Moominvalley, such as Snorkmaiden, Little My and Sniff, and often goes on adventures…

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“"..You have the right to be angry sometimes" - Little My, character in the Moomin books by Tove Jansson who first appeared in 1950. She is small, determined, mischievous and fiercely independent and partly based on the author herself. #WomensArt”

Moominsummer Madness begins, as perhaps all good children’s books should, with a map of the area of the story, showing the places where significant events happened. It is hand-drawn and gracefully lettered. Like the maps drawn by Ursula LeGuin, Arthur Ransome,...