Good use is made of Jansson's Moomin characters to tell a story for very young children. Visually, they have avoided the fate of Winnie the Pooh and Curious George: no disneyfication, no prettification, they look as if they came directly from Tove Jansson's pen. I imagine someone researching the entire Moomin comic-strip oeuvre to find appropriate drawings.The situations are very much in-character: Snufkin hides in a tent, Moominpappa behind a newspaper, and so on. Little My is eventually found in a most outrageous place, very appropriate for the feisty little person. I was somewhat disappointed with the construction of the book. The pages are glossy and sturdy, but they are paper and for a book that encourages small children to manipulate the pages and cardboard flaps, I would have preferred the pages to be board-book cardboard, or at least as stiff and durable as the flaps. ( )