The Book about Moomin, Mymble and Little My

The Book about Moomin, Mymble and Little My
Author Tove Jansson
Original title Hur gick det sen? Boken om Mymlan, Mumintrollet och Lilla My
Translator Silvester Mazzarella, Sophie Hannah
Illustrator Tove Jansson
Cover artist Tove Jansson
Country Finland
Language Swedish
Series Moomins
Genre Picture book
Publication date
 1952
ISBN ISBN 1-883211-10-7 (English) 978-2-7234-6766-7 (French)
OCLC 40510615
[E] 21
LC Class PZ8.3.J265 Mo 1996

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.

Plot

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

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 will happen next.

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