Moomin

Spring has come to Moominvalley, and Moomin and his family come out of their winter hibernation. Up in Lonely Mountains Moomin, Snufkin, Sniff and Little My find a large top Hat, which they bring home. Too big to be worn they use it as a w…

The Magic Hat is back in Moominvalley! The hat, stuck in a river of raspberry juice is secretly snagged by Moomin, hoping for endless juice. Little My has other plans to turn her string turn into yummy spaghetti, but will the Magic Hat hav…

Moomin and his friends go mountain climbing, encounter a very depressed Hemulen, sunk in gloom because his stamp collection is finally complete and he has nothing more to collect They learn from him about a sailboat wrecked on the beach. T…

Moominfamily and their friends set out for adventure in their new sailboat, and finally arrive at a seemingly uninhabited island. It is, however, populated by some very strange creatures with whom Hemulen has an unpleasant encounter. A ter…

Our friends have forgotten to tie their boat up in the storm and are attacked by hordes of electrified Hattifatteners, who want their sacred barometer back. Swimming about after the storm Moomin and Snorkmaiden find the most exciting thing…

One day two very small guests arrive at Moominhouse. They bring a suitcase, so Moominpappa knows they have come to stay and builds a small bed. Everybody is dying to know what's inside the suitcase, which Thingumy and Bob guard day and nig…

After the visit of the Groke, Snorkmaiden finally finds out to whom the contents of the suitcase belong, but this only makes the problem worse, and it is with great misgivings they await the return of the Groke. Only Moominmamma has a plan…

The Groke has gone, having been given a very special sea-shell which was a gift from Snorkmaiden to Moomin, who is now in trouble. Moominmamma's handbag disappears, and she promises the finder a huge party. It seems the Groke was not the o…

Too-Ticky brings Ninny to Moominhouse view. Ninny has been frightened so often by her aunt that she has become invisible. Moominmamma concocts an infallible remedy, but will that and kindness be enough? Stinky does his best to see to it th…

Very slowly Ninny comes back into view, but her face is still missing. Stinky does his best to stop her from becoming visible, resorting to very nasty tricks when the children play hide and seek. It appears that anger and shouting loud is …

Snorkmaiden's brother has finished planning his flying ship, and has constructed a pair of wings so he himself can try out his theories, jumping of from the highest cliff in Moominvalley. But he is not the only one to think that flying is …

Moominvalley is hit by a terrible storm, and an old sailing ship is wrecked offshore, finally sinking. But, it is no usual ship - she is seen flying a black flag with a skull and crossbones. The pirates have made it to the shore unhurt and…

After a tremendous downpour Moomin finds a very small dragon in a puddle. Smothering this most exotic of pets with love he expects great devotion in return, but finds that love is a fickle thing indeed, and particularly difficult to contai…

One day, Fillyjonk moves into the Moomin Valley with her three children. Although the Moomins hold a welcome party with a lot of unique idea's meant to please them, Fillyjonk just dismisses them as harmful to the upbringing of her children…

During a spell of rainy weather Snorkmainden has crammed herself with stories about princesses and chivalrous knights. On the first sunny day she and Moomin climb a mountain, where Snorkmaiden sees what she believes is, an Edelweiss. Needl…

One day a flying saucer lands in Moominmamma's vegetable garden. It is apparently unmanned and she and Moomin salvage a strange box-like apparatus which looks rather home-made, but which has many remarkable properties. The Inspector is on …

Bored stiff with calm, sunny weather and stuck in his memoirs, Moominpappa craves adventure. Stinky decides to comply and provides a set of gigantic footsteps, leading up from the sea to Moominhouse. This creates a diversion, but is not en…

It is hotter than ever before in Moominvalley. The river has run dry and everything is wilting. Going down to swim one day with the other children Little My finds a large wooden crate floating in the water and when they open it they find i…

Moominfamily and their friends have a great time in the jungle. The Hemulen is botanizing as fast as he can, everyone is eating tropical fruit and Moomin and Snorkmaiden play Tarzan and Jane, building a leaf hut. Suspiciously helpful, Stin…

Moominfamily have befriended all the wild animals that Stinky let out of the zoo (except the crocodiles and who wants to be friends with a crocodile, anyway?) and when the zoo-keepers come to take the animals back, the Moomins, aided by th…

Again winter is at the door and Moominpappa and Moomin are collecting wood to keep the house warm during their long hibernation. Moomin is feeling very sad because it is time for Snufkin to go away on his long annual trip. Moomin talks his…

For no special reason Moomin wakes up in the middle of winter and can't go back to sleep. This is quite unheard-of. He is unable to wake the others, and finally, shivering, he makes his way outside into the bleak, unfamiliar whiteness. He …

Moomin and Little My have finally settled into their wintry existence, living on Too-ticki's fish soup and Moominmamma's jam, of which there fortunately is an awful lot. One day, Mr. Brisk arrives, a very hearty and jovial person, who like…

Wintering away from bed can't be very good for Moomins, for when spring comes Moomin has a terrible cold, and takes to bed when all the others get up. This year Snufkin is very late and Moomin worries far more than is good for him. Finally…

Once again the very fine weather is boring Moominpappa to tears and this time he decides to take the whole family with him and sail for a lighthouse on a small island, not bigger than a fly-speck on the chart. Loaded down they set off and …

The Moomin's first night in the abandoned lighthouse is haunted by ghosts from the mysterious ghost ship, who finally take off. One of their group is left behind, and the Moomins have to build a raft for it to sail away on. Moominpappa is …

One day, Moominpappa gets a very rare thing, a letter! It is from Aunt Jane, a stinkingly rich relative of whom Moominpappa is rather scared. She is great on duty, and particularly on one's duty to money, so Moominpappa packs a knapsack an…

An underwater volcano off the coast threatens Moominvalley. A huge cloud of smoke signals that the volcano is active again, and shortly afterwards a tidal wave sweeps over the land. Only the top floor of the Moomin house is visible above t…

When Moomin and Snorkmaiden wake up, the floating theater has disappeared. They are alone, surrounded by a vast watery desert. The floating house hits a rock, and the violent jolt causes Little My to fall overboard. The current sweeps them…

Moominpappa finds writing plays very difficult. He spends hours writing page after page, only for them to end up in the trash. The lost children have been put behind bars for tearing down the prohibition signs in a park. When their prison …

One day, Muffel shows up in Moominvalley. He claims to be a famous inventor and is looking for his "fellow inventor" Snork to show him his latest invention, a super fuel. However, Snork suspects a trick.

Mr. Hemul tells a mysterious story: somewhere beyond the lonely mountains lies a lake where a legendary fish is said to live—at least, that's what his great-grandmother told him. Moomin and his friends want to find out the truth. But it's …

Moomin and Snorkmaiden pass the time on the beach looking for shells. Moomin digs up an old oil lamp. He rubs it, just like in the fairy tale about the genie. They are hugely surprised when smoke actually billows out of the lamp and a real…

After a stormy night, the children find a tattered kite in the branches of a tree. Little Mü is very excited as they repair it. She has secretly come up with a brilliant idea: being small and light, it should be no problem for her to attac…

In the middle of the forest, the children meet a girl named Alicea, who is sitting on a rock waiting for her grandmother. Alicea tells them that she will be living at her grandmother's house for the next few years. There, she will be train…

The Moomin family is hibernating when one day they are awakened by Mr. Hemul. He is very busy and tells them that they cannot possibly continue sleeping, because after all, "Christmas" is coming soon. Christmas!? The Moomin family has neve…

This year, Moomin's hibernation is not as deep as usual. One day, he wakes up. With wide eyes, he discovers the white winter world. Because it looks so enchanting outside, he decides to wake up Snorkmaiden. During a walk around the Moomin …

Spring has long since arrived in Moominvalley and Snufkin has returned from his winter trip to the south, but the Moomin family is asleep. All attempts by their friends to wake them up fail. The suspicion arises that something is not right…

In the middle of the night, the inhabitants of Moominvalley are awakened by distant explosions. At the same time, a pretty young girl appears in the valley, completely exhausted. Snufkin carries her to Moominmamma's house. One of the follo…

The pretty young girl wakes up from her deep sleep and says she is looking for Mr. Hemul. He, however, does not know the girl at all. At the moment, Mr. Hemul has other things on his mind. He is anxious because he is eagerly awaiting a let…

Life in Moominvalley is far too peaceful for the police inspector. That's why the Moominvalley police station is to be closed down. Of course, Moomin and his friends don't want that to happen, so they come up with a plan to prevent the clo…

The Moomins and their friends prepare for the solar eclipse: Moominpappa distributes pieces of glass blackened with candle soot, through which you can look directly at the sun. The witch wants to hold a ceremony on the top of the mountain …

Torrential rains have once again caused massive flooding in Moominvalley. Even a circus was washed away. With their last ounce of strength, an artist and her horse managed to save themselves by reaching the vicinity of the Moomins' house. …

Moominmamma's birthday is approaching, and Moominpappa just can't think of a suitable gift! He turns to Snork for help, because Snork is an inventor. But the hastily constructed dishwasher breaks the dishes, and the sturdy-looking homemade…

The Moomins' house has collapsed because the ten children that Mula's mother brought with her have been running riot. There is no peace and quiet to be found anywhere, and Snufkin convinces Moomin to build his own house. But Moomin soon re…

Moominpappa has inherited a real castle from a distant relative. He doesn't really want to accept the inheritance, but when he learns that ghosts are haunting the castle, he changes his mind. No monster awaits him as the castle ghost, but …

Three men, carrying strange tools in their backpacks, are searching for a hot spring in Moominvalley to prepare for the construction of a spa. Sniff is immediately interested and tries to help them, because he expects to get rich without m…

Snorkfräulein has a secret: her brother, the inventor and airship designer Snork, has developed a liquid that could be groundbreaking in the field of airship construction. When a piece of fabric is soaked in Snork's new tincture, it become…

One of the Moomins' favorite foods is pumpkin pie—and when the pumpkin plants in Moominmamma's garden grow bigger leaves than fruit, the family walks around with sad faces. However, Mr. Hemul has grown a plant that, if his promises are to …

Hidden deep in the forests of Moominvalley, an old tree stump has stood for more than 500 years. Leaves have not grown on it for as long as anyone can remember, and yet the old tree refuses to rot away. The elders in the valley remember th…

Snorkmaiden is caught in a thunderstorm and seeks shelter under a lone tree. This turns out to be a serious mistake, as the tree is promptly struck by lightning. Snorkmaiden faints. When she wakes up, she suddenly has the ability to see in…

A treasure hunter wants to find a gold vein. But after several attempts, he realizes that there are no gold deposits in Moominvalley. He decides to move beyond the lonely mountains. But before he can put his plan into action, he comes down…

One day, in the aftermath of the gold fever, Sniff walks off upstream to look for gold in the river-bed. He gets lost in a thick mist, and suddenly comes upon a small pond, created by a pile of driftwood. What he sees there makes him compl…

Mymble has found a ring on the ground with a big, sparkling stone and gives it in to the Inspector. When no one comes forth to claim it he gives it to her and she is very, very happy, deciding it must be a diamond. She parades it all aroun…

One day something remarkable happens in Moominvalley, Moominpappa goes for a walk without his hat. When made aware of this he is greatly distressed, fearing that his forgetfulness is a sign of approaching senility. he takes up the most str…

Is Moominmamma's family really getting tired of her cooking? It seems impossible, but Little My unabashedly claims that she is getting very bored with always having pancakes, and Moominpappa at least implies that the best dish he ever had …

Two little waifs - abandoned in the woods by their evil step-mother if one is to believe them - are found on the Moominhouse porch. This sad occurrence might have been handled better if Snorkmaiden hadn't just finished reading a book about…

Ever believing in his own ability Moominpappa enters a photo contest for the best nature shot. The spectacular and dramatic results draw a throng of painters to Moominvalley, where the big annual exhibition of paintings is to be held. Moom…

As it seems Moominpappa has left his turbulent youth out of his memoirs (with the usual self aggrandizement of autobiographers he thought them too turbulent for print), he one day decides to at least tell about it so it won't be completely…

As we all know, Little My is happily aggressive, with no inhibitions and no hang-ups. She gets very angry at times but never sulks, and always enjoys herself immensely. All in all a very likeable person. She always does exactly as she plea…

Sniff is at it again; trying to get rich quickly. Unfortunately for Moomin he figures as the short-cut to riches in a dream Sniff has had, and when Sniff drags him off to masquerade as a fortune-teller, Moomin as usual finds it far too dif…

Great things are happening in Moominvalley. Snorkmaiden's brother, the Snork, has finally completed the model of his new flying ship and it seems to work, being a bit more sensibly constructed than the first one. On the not-so-scientific f…

The Moomins and their friends have gone down to the beach, and looking out over the sea Moominpappa is reminded of his youthful life as an adventurer. The appearance of the Niblings saves him from the predicament we left him in last time, …

Inspired by the Hemulen, who has temporarily left plants aside for a study of birds, Moomin and his friends go out to study Nature, armed with a book on the subject, and find a lot of things they haven't even noticed before. They also find…

Moominhouse is filled with feverish activity, because everyone in Moominvalley has been invited to a fancy-dress ball in the old Manor, and attics and closets are savoured for suitable items. Fillyjonk has promised to introduce Snorkmainde…

Horror strikes Moominvalley when a vampire escapes from the Zoo, and everyone tries to cover himself up in gauze or bandages to keep from being bitten. Not exactly knowing exactly what sort of vampire it is, most people aslo use garlic to …

One awful day, Moominpappa's chair breaks. This might not sound irreparable, but creative people are funny - they rely on certain material comforts for their inspiration to run freely. Without the chair to sit in Moominpappa can no longer …

Again, Moominpappa is talked into telling the others about his stormy youth - never a difficult task with autobiographers. He tells us about how the Fuddler met the Muddle and how they came to share the buttons and the coffee tin; about th…

Moomin and his friends carry home a wounded bird, which has been brought down by some hunters. The bird is large and very beautiful, quite old, and not to be found in any book on birds. Not even the Hemulen has seen it before. Her grandma …

The Snork has made a new invention; a super-glue that sticks to everything and won't come off easily, either. While his sister Snorkmaiden is out with Moomin and the others trying their luck at fishing, the Snork cooks glue in Snorkmaiden'…

Moomin and his friends go out to pick mushrooms, and the find even more than can carry home. They seem to be of a very strange species, however - they start glowing and finally they burst open with loud snaps, filling the air with spores. …

Baby dolphin is washed up on the beach one day, and Moomin and Snufkin have a tremendous job getting it down to the water again, because even a baby dolphin is far bigger than a Moomintroll. A year later it returns, grown-up now, and lets …

One day, when the tide is exceptionally low, Moomin and the others go on an expedition to Circle Island, a round island with a lake in the middle which can be reached by foot. Sniff makes the find of his life in a cave and is subsequently …

Thingumy and Bob finally decide to go back to Moominvalley for a visit. As usual they lug their - to them enormous suitcase along. Remembering the equally enormous ruby it used to contain Stinky takes the suitcase from them. On arrival at …

Moomin is beset by strange, recurrent dreams in which he is urged to go to a far-away waterfall and look for something. At last he sets out with Snufkin, and they make a most unusual find that Moomin can't really make anything of. But drea…

There is no end to the catastrophes that befall the Hemulen - barely has the hailstorm destroyed his beloved plants when a terrible wind makes off with part of his roof, and then Little My descends on him, making the hole in the roof even …

Finally the Snork's flying ship is ready for its test flight, but the Snork is beset by trouble. His balloon leaks and when, on top of that, another aviator in a balloon arrives, the Snork is very dejected, indeed. The stranger and the wit…

At last the Snork's flying ship is working properly, and everyone is getting a ride in it - some very hazardous ones. Winter is just around the corner, and while the Moomins hibernate as usual, practically everyone else decides to go south…