The hero of the stories is young Moomintroll, who craves adventure but also loves his home comforts in Moominvalley with his parents Moominmamma and Moominpappa. Each episode sees the Moomins face ...

Lately, though, the milk-white hippo-esque characters created by the Finnish author and artist Tove Jansson, have taken over ...

Four book-shaped gates featuring Mumintroll (Moomin), Snufkin, Moominmamma, and Moominpappa Admission is 1,500 yen for adults (13 years and older), 1,000 yen for children (4-12 years old), and ...

Moominmamma’s handbag is ubiquitous in Jansson’s illustrations. She carries it wherever she goes and panics when it goes missing. The Exploits of Moominpappa (1950) depicts the first time Moominmama ...

Moominpappa is desperate to guide his family and prove that they can thrive on a desolate island but it only seems to push them further apart. Puzzled by the continued absence of the Moomin family ...

Books Tales of the Sea Fishing with Gubby, The Sea Wolves and Moominpappa at Sea Nov. 19, 2010 3 min read ...

For a refresher course in Moomintroll, Snorkmaiden, Moominmamma and Moominpappa, I headed to the Moomin Museum in Tampere, Finland.

There is Moomintroll, Moominmamma and Moominpappa - little white trolls who live in Moominvalley, with other fantastical creatures such as the Hattifatteners, Mymbles and Whompers.

But Moominmamma is a perfect example of the kind of hero Le Guin was imagining. The story Jansson tells in the first Moomin book, The Great Flood (1945), is not a conventional hero narrative.