Little My appears in the following books: •
The Exploits of Moominpappa (Book 4) – Little My is born on a
Midsummer's Day during
Moominpappa's youth, and is referred to as the smallest and youngest of all the
Mymble's children; so small, in fact that you can hardly even see her. She doesn't play a very large part in the book, but does on occasion display her fondness for mischief and cheerfully morbid fascination for disaster and destruction. •
Moominsummer Madness (Book 5) – In the fifth book, Little My has grown enough to take a more active part in the plot, though she is still small enough that
Snufkin can carry her in his pocket. She is now in the care of her older sister,
The Mymble's daughter, who tries unsuccessfully to teach her good behavior, but is separated from the others during the course of the plot and ends up being rescued by
Snufkin, whom she accompanies for most of the rest of the book as he battles a rule-obsessed Park Keeper and ends up unwittingly "rescuing" a group of other children as well. •
Moominland Midwinter (Book 6) – Little My is the only character, apart from
Moomintroll, who wakes from
hibernation and gets to experience winter for the first time. Unlike him, she immediately finds this "new, ice-cold world" to be great fun, especially after she discovers winter sports. •
Tales from Moominvalley (Book 7) – This book consists of several short stories, three of which feature Little My: "A Tale of Horror", in which she tells tall tales of terror and doom to the Next-to-youngest-Whomper; "The Last Dragon on Earth", in which she basically plays the nosy, sarcastic, and insensitive younger sibling to Moomintroll (though actually being older than him); and "The Invisible Child", in which she demonstrates her own ideas about how to help the invisible Ninny become visible again. •
Moominpappa at Sea (Book 8) – Little My accompanies the Moomin family to the lighthouse island and is a constant presence in the book. Again, she is the only character who instantly takes to the new life and remains cheerful throughout. In addition, Little My plays major roles in the picture-books
The Book about Moomin, Mymble and Little My and
An Unwanted Guest, has a brief speaking role in
The Dangerous Journey, and makes a silent (and unmentioned by the narrative) cameo in one of the illustrations in
Who Will Comfort Toffle?. She is also mentioned a number of times in
Moominvalley in November, but since this book takes place roughly at the same time as the trip to the lighthouse island in
Moominpappa at Sea, she doesn't actually appear in person. She also shows up as a major character in most Moomin-related media,
comics, movies, and
TV series. ==References==