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Little My
Little My (original sv, Lilla My, literally: "Little Mu") is a character in the Moomin series of books by Tove Jansson. The character first appeared in the fourth book, The Exploits of Moominpappa (1950). She is a small, determined and fiercely independent Mymble. Little My is brash, aggressive, mischievous and disrespectful, but can also be a good friend when she wants to. She is the Mymble's daughter's younger sister. She was eventually adopted by the Moomin family. The name originated from the twelfth letter of the Greek alphabet: μ (mu) – transliterated as ''my'' and pronounced in Swedish. In the metric system, lowercase μ, meaning "one-millionth", represents the prefix '' micro-'', from the Greek (), meaning "small". Personality Little My is a very abrasive person who almost always succeeds in persuading her listener or discussion partner. She is an unconventional debater who uses emotion and logic to win arguments. She typically makes a personal attack on the pe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moomins
The Moomins ( sv, Mumintroll) are the central characters in a series of novels, short stories, and a comic strip by Finnish writer and illustrator Tove Jansson, originally published in Swedish by Schildts in Finland. They are a family of white, round fairy-tale characters with large snouts that make them resemble the hippopotamus. However, despite this resemblance, the Moomin family are trolls. The family live in their house in Moominvalley and have had many adventures with their various friends. In all, nine books were released in the series, together with five picture books and a comic strip being released between 1945 and 1993. The Moomins have since been the basis for numerous television series, films and even two theme parks: one called Moomin World in Naantali, Finland, and another Akebono Children's Forest Park in Hannō, Saitama, Japan. Etymology In a letter to Paul Ariste, an Estonian linguist, Jansson wrote in 1973 that she had created an artificial wor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moominsummer Madness
''Moominsummer Madness'' (Swedish title ''Farlig midsommar'', or "Dangerous Midsummer") is the fifth in the series of Tove Jansson's Moomins books, published in 1954. The major theme of the novel is theatre, described as an infuriating but ultimately rewarding process. The novel forms the basis of episodes 28–30 in the 1990 TV series. Plot summary A nearby volcano causes a massive wave to flood Moominvalley. While escaping the flood the Moomin family and their friends find a building floating past, and take up residence there. They believe it is a deserted house until they realise someone else lives there, Emma, who explains that it is not a house but a theatre. The moomins start to understand about the scenery, props, and costumes they have found. The theatre drifts aground and Moomintroll and the Snorkmaiden decide to go and sleep in a tree. When they wake next morning the theatre has floated away again and they are alone. Meanwhile, Little My accidentally falls overboard, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Literary Characters Introduced In 1950
Literature is any collection of written work, but it is also used more narrowly for writings specifically considered to be an art form, especially prose fiction, drama, and poetry. In recent centuries, the definition has expanded to include oral literature, much of which has been transcribed. Literature is a method of recording, preserving, and transmitting knowledge and entertainment, and can also have a social, psychological, spiritual, or political role. Literature, as an art form, can also include works in various non-fiction genres, such as biography, diaries, memoir, letters, and the essay. Within its broad definition, literature includes non-fictional books, articles or other printed information on a particular subject.''OED'' Etymologically, the term derives from Latin ''literatura/litteratura'' "learning, a writing, grammar," originally "writing formed with letters," from ''litera/littera'' "letter". In spite of this, the term has also been applied to spoken or s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moomin (1990 TV Series)
, also known as ''Tales from Moominvalley'', is a Japanese-Dutch anime television series produced by Telescreen (company), Telecable Benelux B.V. and animated by Telescreen Japan. Based on the ''Moomin'' novels and Moomin comic strips, comic strips by the Finnish people, Finnish illustrator and author Tove Jansson and her brother Lars Jansson (cartoonist), Lars Jansson, it was the third anime adaptation of the property and the first to receive distribution in other countries worldwide. ''Moomin'' first aired on TV Tokyo from April 12, 1990, to October 3, 1991. The series had also been dubbed into English and aired on CBBC (TV channel), CBBC in United Kingdom during the same year. ''Moomin'' takes place in the peaceful rural land of Moominvalley, where a young Moomintroll, Moomin along with his parents Moominpappa and Moominmamma live in Moominhouse. The series follows the many adventures of Moomin and family, together with their friends, around Moominvalley and sometimes outs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moomin Comic Strips
''Moomin'' ( sv, Mumin / Mumintrollen; fi, Muumipeikko) is a comic strip created by Tove Jansson, and followed up by Lars Jansson, featuring their Moomin family of characters. The first comic strip, entitled (''Moomintroll and The End of The World'') was a short-lived project for the children's section of the Finland-Swedish leftist newspaper ''Ny Tid''. It was written between 1947 and 1948, at the request of the editor, a friend of Jansson's, Atos Wirtanen. The series was published with two new strips weekly, and was mainly an adaptation of ''Comet in Moominland''. The series has been reprinted in book form under the name (''The World is Ending'') by the newspaper. The main series of Moomin comic strips were made directly for the British market: they were spread by the British Associated Newspapers comic strip syndicate and the original publisher was the ''Evening News'' newspaper. The series originally appeared in newspapers from 1954 to 1975. At its peak, ''Moomin'' appea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moominvalley In November
''Moominvalley in November'' ( Swedish: ''Sent i november'', 'Late in November'; Finnish: ''Muumilaakson marraskuu'') is the ninth and final book in the Moomin series by Finnish author Tove Jansson, and was first published in her native Swedish in 1970, and in English in 1971. Set contemporaneously with her previous novel '' Moominpappa at Sea'' (1965), it is the only installment in the series where the titular Moomin family are actually absent. Instead it focuses on a set of other characters, including Snufkin, who come to live at Moominhouse during the onset of winter whilst its inhabitants are away, and the various interactions which they have with each other. Like ''Moominpappa at Sea'', the work is more somber in tone than previous books in the series, and it has been suggested that this is a direct result of the death of Jansson's mother, Signe Hammarsten-Jansson, during the year that it was written. Because of this, it has been described as being a "textbook on letting g ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Who Will Comfort Toffle?
''Who Will Comfort Toffle?'' is the second picture book in the Moomin series by Tove Jansson. It was first published in 1960. It was first translated into English by Kingsley Hart. Plot The lonely Toffle leaves his home to look for friends, eventually finding the Miffle and rescuing her from The Groke. Later versions An audiobook version of the story was released as an LP album in 1978 by the Swedish acid/psych progg duo of Peter Lundblad and Torbjörn Eklund. An animated film featuring the music from the audiobook was also made by Johan Hagelbäck in 1980, and a children's play followed. In 2006 the main character (Knytt in Swedish) was featured in the indie game series, ''Knytt''. The series consisted of 3 releases and one expansion. The final release, ''Knytt Underground ''Knytt Underground'' is a 2D adventure game in the exploration subgenre similar to Metroidvania games, with elements of arcade platformers, combining the mechanics of the developer's previous gam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Dangerous Journey
''The Dangerous Journey'' ( sv, Den farliga resan) is a children's picture book in the Moomin series by Tove Jansson. It was published in 1977. It follows the nightmarish adventures of Susanna, the Hemulen, Sniff, Sorry-Ooo and Thingummy & Bob through Moomin Valley. English edition The book was originally published in English by Ernest Benn, and translated by Kingsley Hart. A new edition was published in the UK by Sort of Books in November 2010. See also *Moomin The Moomins ( sv, Mumintroll) are the central characters in a series of novels, short stories, and a comic strip by Finnish writer and illustrator Tove Jansson, originally published in Swedish by Schildts in Finland. They are a family of white, ... External linksThe Moomin Trove {{DEFAULTSORT:Dangerous Journey, the 1977 children's books Moomin books Ernest Benn Limited books ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
An Unwanted Guest
''Skurken i Muminhuset'', or ''Villain in the Moominhouse'', is a picture book from 1980 by the Finnish author Tove Jansson. The final Moomin story written by Jansson, the story revolves around a mysterious nocturnal visitor to the Moominhouse, who sets the house and its inhabitants into disarray. Unusually, the book used photographs in lieu of illustrations. These were taken by Tove Jansson's brother, Per Olov Jansson, and were set in and around the large model of the Moominhouse built by Tove Jansson and her partner Tuulikki Pietilä. The house and the models of the Moomins and their friends used in the books are now on display at the Moomin Museum in Tampere Tampere ( , , ; sv, Tammerfors, ) is a city A city is a human settlement of notable size.Goodall, B. (1987) ''The Penguin Dictionary of Human Geography''. London: Penguin.Kuper, A. and Kuper, J., eds (1996) ''The Social Science Encyclo .... English edition Although published in Swedish and Finnish, the boo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Book About Moomin, Mymble And Little My
''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 Little My (original sv, Lilla My, literally: "Little Mu") is a character in the Moomin series of books by Tove Jansson. The character first appeared in the fourth book, The Exploits of Moominpappa (1950). She is a small, determined and fiercely .... 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 happens next' ('Hur gick det sen?' in the original Swedish language). References External linksInteractive Book app for iOS [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moominpappa At Sea
''Moominpappa at Sea'' ( Swedish: ''Pappan och havet'', literally "The Father and the Sea") is the eighth book in the Moomin books by Finnish author Tove Jansson. It is based primarily around the character of Moominpappa, who was heavily inspired by Jansson's father, Viktor Jansson. It was first published in 1965. The novel is set contemporaneously with ''Moominvalley in November'' (1970), and is the final installment in the series where the titular Moomin family are present within the narrative. ''Moominpappa at Sea'' forms the basis of episodes 25 and 26 in the 1990 TV series. The original title is a loose reference to Ernest Hemingway novel ''The Old Man and the Sea'', though this is not reflected in the translation. After Tove Jansson's death, the producer of the 1990 Moomin TV series, Dennis Livson, planned to make a film adaptation based on ''Moominpappa at Sea,'' but Tove Jansson's niece Sophia Jansson did not give him permission for the adaptation. Plot Moominp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tales From Moominvalley
''Tales from Moominvalley'' (, literally 'The Invisible Child and other stories') is the seventh book in the '' Moomins'' series by Finnish author Tove Jansson. Unlike all the other books, which were novels, it is a collection of short stories, the longest book in the series. It was first published in 1962 (second edition 1998). The book forms the basis of episodes 9, 10, 13, 24, and 36 of the 1990 series. The book contains nine stories: * The Spring Tune () * A Tale of Horror () * The Fillyjonk Who Believed in Disasters () * The Last Dragon in the World () * The Hemulen Who Loved Silence () * The Invisible Child () * The Secret of the Hattifatteners () * Cedric (''Cedric'') * The Fir Tree () External links The Moomin Trove Moomin books 1962 short story collections Finnish short story collections Fantasy short story collections Children's short story collections 1962 children's books {{1960s-child-story-collection-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
