moomin

"Moomintrolls" were created by Tove Jansson. The first published book was "The Little Trolls and the Great Flood", published in 1945.

A bunch of Moomin books, comics and movies are out there, even one pretty decent anime series.

The Moomin books of Tove Jansson are as follows, published from 1945 - 1971:

• The Little Trolls and the Great Flood
• Comet in Moominland
• Finn Family Moomintroll
• The Exploits of Moominpappa
• Moominsummer Madness
• Moominland Midwinter
• Tales from Moominvalley
• Moominpappa at Sea
• Moominvalley in November

They have been translated into 34 languages from the original Swedish.