“Then he thought about how much he loved everything; the forest and the sea, the rain and the wind, the sunshine, the grass and the moss, and how impossible it would be to live without them all…”

Comet in Moominland
Tove Jansson

When mysterious signs start to appear of a strange star with a tail, young Moomintroll and his friend Sniff set off to consult the professors in the distant Lonely Mountains. Their journey is packed with adventures which they share with new friends they meet on the way – Snufkin, the carefree wanderer, the fascinating Snorkmaiden, and her brother the Snork. They discover that a ery comet is heading straight for their beloved Moominvalley. But can they race home before the comet crashes?

Comet in Moominland on the publisher Sort of Books’ website.

The book was first published in Swedish as Kometjakten in 1946, and revised editions Mumintrollet på kometjakt and Kometen kommer were published in 1956 and 1968. The book was translated into English in 1951.