Comet in Moominland: 80th Anniversary Edition

by Tove Jansson

Hardcover

Published October 23, 2025

About the author

Tove Jansson was born and died in Helsinki, Finland. As a Finnish citizen whose mother tongue was Swedish, she was part of the Swedish-speaking Finns minority. Thus, all her books were originally written in Swedish.

Although known first and foremost as an author, Tove Jansson considered her careers as author and painter to be of equal importance.

Tove Jansson wrote and illustrated her first Moomin book, The Moomins and the Great Flood (1945), during World War II. She said later that the war had depressed her, and she had wanted to write something naive and innocent. Besides the Moomin novels and short stories, Tove Jansson also wrote and illustrated four original and highly popular picture books.

Jansson's Moomin books have been translated into 33 languages.

Reviews

[Chelsea-anne Kennedy · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a sweet adventure of Moomintroll and Sniff finding out about the comet. Its magical and shows why Moomins have a place in our hearts. They meet new friends along the way and work together. It has beautiful illustrations that really add to the story. This was just a short sweet lovely read.

[Maria Longley · Rating 5 out of 5]

An early story detailing how lots of familiar folk ended up in Moomin Valley. A revised edition with a new translation. Lovely illustrations, lovely story.

Translated from the Swedish by Sarah Death