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Sad Update

I regret to inform that Tove Jansson, creator of the Moomins, passed away Wednesday, June 27, 2001. She was 86. For more info see article in Helsingin Sanomat.

She will be sorely missed.

Fazia

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Last Update: December 12th, 1997

Fazia's note:
I created this web page in August of 1995, as a way to explain what the Moomintroll books were all about to my friends. Moomin-mania hasn't reached the United States yet, and none of my friends had a Finnish background.

I searched the web for a URL I could point them to when I explained in e-mail what the Moomintroll books were about. To my surprise, despite the many web pages from Finland, there was practically nothing about Moomintroll on the web. I did a little library research, scanned the covers of my worn-out books and wrote a web page in just a few days. It was the only page on the WWW at the time dedicated to the Finnish trolls; I had a hard time figuring out where it should go in Yahoo! The e-mail I've received as people started accessing it was heart-warming.

Then this page went into a long hiatus as I moved to a new job, new place to live, etc. I checked about six months later with the popular search engines and found 10 references to Moomintroll. Nine months later there were 23 references. When I last did a net search I came up with 435 sites that had the word "moomin" in it. Wow.

I've finally had a chance to work on the site some more and as you can see, it's grown from one page into a whole site. There are plenty of new links and new information. The Moomintroll books are now available for purchase through this website and my association with Amazon.com. See links below for further details. Enjoy!

"A Moomintroll is small and shy and fat, and has a Moominpappa and a Moominmamma. Moomins live in the forests of Finland. They like sunshine and sleep right through the winter. The snow falls and falls and falls where they live, until their houses look like great snowballs. But when spring comes, up they jump...."
- Kaye Webb, editor of Puffin Books 1974.

[IMAGE: Finn Family
Moomintroll]

The Moominfamily and their friends are the delightful creation of author, Tove Jansson. Originally written in Swedish, the Moomintroll books have been translated into 34 languages and are a favorite of children all over the world.

You can now purchase the Moomintroll books, and other titles by Tove Jansson, through this website. Links from each title will go directly to Amazon.com for handling. Most books are sold at a 20 to 30 percent discount from the publisher's price, and all are sold with the Amazon.com money-back guarantee. Books are all shipped Priority Mail. Amazon.com offers gift-wrapping, lets you add a gift message, and will ship books anywhere in the world.

I've chosen to link with Amazon.com because I believe they deliver excellent customer service, are extremely reliable, and truly have a global spirit when they conduct their business. Amazon.com was mentioned in a recent article as being one of the few American business websites equipped to handle requests from non-USA customers. I have also been EXTREMELY impressed with their selection, and their ability to deliver hard-to-find titles.

To look at titles available for purchase, check out the Booklist.

Or Search Amazon.com for a title

Fazia Begum Rizvi
fazia@io.com