The series had to stop earlier than planned, however, as readers criticized it and especially the Moominpappa character for his bourgeois sympathies.
The Exploits of Moominpappa | Moominpappa at Sea | Moominpappa |
In the story "The Secret of the Hattifatteners" that appears in Tales from Moominvalley Moominpappa tries to understand the mysterious Hattifatteners.
# The Moomins and the Great Flood – A young and scared Moomintroll (or The Little Troll as he is first called) and his Moominmamma are traveling through a deep forest and sails the "ocean" in search of his Moominpappa.
Moominpappa at Sea - In this work, the Groke keeps on going to Moominpappa's island to beg Moomintroll to show her his lantern flame.
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The Exploits of Moominpappa - Here, several characters refer to the Groke eating people: the Joxter claims to have a cousin who was eaten by the Groke, and the young Moominpappa saves the Hemulen's Aunt from being eaten by the Groke.