Finn Family Moomintroll

Finn Family Moomintroll (Swedish title Trollkarlens hatt, ‘The Magician's Hat’) is the third in the series of Tove Jansson's Moomin books, published in 1948. Both the Austrian/Polish and the Japanese animated television series were largely based on the events of this novel. It was the first Moomin book to be published in English, and was actually marketed as the first in the series until the 1980s. The 1961 English publication features a "foreword" by Moominmamma, where she explains the nature of Moomins for fear that English children may not have heard of them; she also apologises for her "rottn" English. The book is sometimes seen as where the series really takes off, as past mistakes found in the series have been corrected. Moomintroll, Sniff and Snufkin discover the Hobgoblin's Hat on a mountain-top, oblivious of its strange powers. Moomintroll hides inside the hat during a game of hide-and-seek and is temporarily transformed beyond recognition. The Moomin Family travel to... full article at wikipedia