| Tales from Moominvalley | |
| Author: | Tove Jansson |
| Country: | Finland |
| Language: | Swedish |
| Series: | Moomins |
| Genre: | Children's novel |
| Publisher: | Schildts |
| Pub Date: | 1962 |
| Preceded By: | Moominland Midwinter |
| Followed By: | Moominpappa at Sea |
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:
Kirkus Reviews compared Moominvalley to the writing of Lewis Carroll, highlighting how Jansson "takes up into a fantasia world with near-real inhabitants". In addition to describing the joys of the written text, Kirkus Reviews noted that the book's "creatures are given additional substance by the illustrations".[2]
Along with other Moomins books, the stories and characters from Tales from Moominvalley were adapted into a Dutch-Japanese-Finnish anime television series produced by Telecable Benelux B.V. and animated by Telescreen Japan in the 1990s.[3]