This is a serious question. I've been in the search for the Moomin series written by Tove Janson for many years unsuccessfully. Among children's books they stand out uniquely (in my opinion), and were part of a lovely childhood reading experience for me. Now nobody seems to have heard of it and I can't get hold of the books. Has anyone heard of this authoress and this series, and if so could you give me info please about the publishers and how I can perhaps order these books if necessary? Some of the titles are- 'Moominland Midwinter' 'Moominsummer Madness' 'Comet in Moominland' 'Finn Family Moomintroll' I think Tove Janson is/was from Finland.

Attached Link: http://www.io.com/~fazia/Moomin.html

This is what I found: Oy Moomin Characters Ltd Oy Moomin Characters Ltd is the official copyright holder of the Moomin characters. As all the characters from Moominvalley are now a registered trademark worldwide, please contact Oy Moomin Characters Ltd for all things concerned with the Moomins. Oy Moomin Characters Ltd Lapinkyltie 191 02880 Veikkola Finland tel.+358 9 2566 366 fax.+358 9 2566 482 moomin.characters@moomin.fi [www.moomin.fi](http://www.moomin.fi/suomi/index.htm) Moominvalley in Tampere www.tampere.fi/muumi Moominworld in Naantali www.muumimaailma.fi Licensing agent (based in Sweden) www.bulls.se Publisher of Moomin books (swedish) www.schildts.fi Publisher of Moomin books (finnish) www.wsoy.fi Amazon.com (U.S.) lists many of her books as being available either directly from them or from private booksellers. There is hope for you to recapture your childhood memories. :)

Wow! Thanks SO much, Dialyn! This is so, so valuable! I'm totally amazed.