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Finn Family Moomintroll

Tove Jansson

First published November 1950
Type Short Fiction
Length Novella

  • First published in Finland (1948).
  • First published in English by Ernest Benn Ltd. 1950. {{Tr|Elizabeth Portch}}.
  • 'The 1961 English [language?] publication features a foreword "by Moominmamma" ... Otherwise, the book was translated by Elizabeth Portch.' --Wikipedia
  • "It owes its title in translation to the fact that it was the first Moomin book to be published in English, and was actually marketed as the first in the series until the 1980s." --Wikipedia

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
November 1950 Finn Family Moomintroll Ernest Benn Chapbook
1958 Finn Family Moomintroll Ernest Benn Chapbook
February 1961 Cover Finn Family Moomintroll Puffin Chapbook
1980 Finn Family Moomintroll Puffin Chapbook
May 1986 Cover Finn Family Moomintroll A & C Black Chapbook
October 1989 Finn Family Moomintroll Farrar, Straus and Giroux Chapbook
September 1990 Cover Finn Family Moomintroll Sunburst / Farrar, Straus and Giroux Chapbook
December 2003 Cover Finn Family Moomintroll Turtleback Books Chapbook
July 2008 Cover Finn Family Moomintroll Paw Prints Chapbook
August 2009 Cover Finn Family Moomintroll Puffin Chapbook
April 2010 Cover Finn Family Moomintroll Square Fish / Macmillan Chapbook
April 2010 Cover Finn Family Moomintroll Farrar, Straus and Giroux Chapbook
September 2014 Cover Finn Family Moomintroll Farrar, Straus and Giroux Chapbook
August 2015 Cover Finn Family Moomintroll Puffin Chapbook
October 2017 Cover Finn Family Moomintroll Sort of Books Chapbook
February 2018 Cover Finn Family Moomintroll Puffin Chapbook