In addition to the novels from 1954 Jansson wrote and illustrated a number of comic strips which have been collected into books. There were nine novels in the original series, including Finn Family Moomintroll, Memoirs of Moominpapa, Moominsummer Madness, Moominland Midwinter and a book of short Stories, Tales from Moominvalley. The first, The Moomins and the Great Flood, was published in 1945, and the last, a songbook called Songs from the Moominvalley, was published in 1993. The Moomins have appeared in a number of picture books and novels. A film of her life is due for release in late 2020.

She and her Moomins have appeared on many sets of stamps in Finland, she has a park in Helsinki named after her, and in Finland there is a Moomin World theme park. Among her many awards are the Hans Christian Anderson in 1966, the Order of the Smile in 1975, and the Swedish Academy award in 1994. They have been translated into 45 languages and adapted into plays, films, ballet, and opera, and most recently a 2019 animated series with Kate Winslet and Rosamund Pike providing voices. The Moomin stories are as immensely popular now as they were when they were published. The Moomins characters were inspired by her family, particularly her parents, and her uncle, who first gave her the idea for the Moomins. The first drawing of a Moomin was inspired by philosopher Immanuel Kant and was thinner and less pleasant, but soon developed into the friendly, rounded shape we know today. She wrote and illustrated her first book, Sarah and Pelle and Neptune’s Children, when she was 14, and it was published in 1933. She studied art in Paris, Stockholm, and Helsinki, and in 1943 she had her first solo exhibition. Tove Jansson (1914-2001) was a Finnish writer and illustrator. The Moomins are among the best loved characters in children’s books, gentle, hippo like characters, each with their own personality and style, sharing their stories with a number of eccentric and unusual friends. Just in time, they hide in a cave, but what will they find when they emerge? Together, they find a cave and hide Moomintroll’s pearls there, but when they find later that they have been mysteriously rearranged into a comet shape, they seek help from the professors at the observatory, who tell them when and where they expect the comet to strike. One day, Sniff and Moomintroll go exploring in Moominvalley and meet the mischievous Silk Monkey.

A comet in moominland