Meet Pippi Longstocking

When Pippi Longstocking moves in next door to Tommy and Annika they are completely amazed by their new playmate. Pippi is cheeky, courageous and completely unpredictable. She lives alone with a monkey, a horse, and no rules whatsoever! Everything is fun with Pippi around! In this story she performs at the circus, uses her super strength to stop two robbers, and throws an unusual birthday party.

“Praise for Pippi Longstocking: She just never does things as expected. And that's why we love her.”

Praise for Pippi Longstocking:She just never does things as expected. And that's why we love her.'Laura Tscherry, GuardianPraise for Pippi Longstocking:I adored this book when I was a child.'Cressida CowellPraise for Pippi Longstocking:Generations of children have grown up loving these wonderful stories about the invincible girl with the unforgettable name.'Manchester Evening NewsPraise for Pippi Longstocking:I read this book to my son (aged just 5). He laughed so much that he fell off the bed!'Amazon ReviewerPraise for Pippi Longstocking:I don't know who is enjoying this book more - my six year old son or myself. Pippi is a feisty character with a touch of the superhero about her and is as appealing to me now as she was when I was a kid.'Amazon ReviewerPraise for Pippi Longstocking:Funny, charismatic Pippi is the person every small child wants to be . . . Magical Stuff.'Frances PerkinsPraise for Pippi Longstocking:Pippi is in the great tradition of children's protagonists who subvert the adult world, whether by questioning it, like Alice, or simply throwing it into chaos, like Dr Seuss's Cat in the Hat.'Sean French, Dorset SocietyI love how unconsciously rebellious she is. She doesn't care about rules, she cares about people.'Alicia Vikander

Astrid Lindgren was born in 1907, and grew up at a farm called Näs in the south of Sweden. She began her writing career in 1944 after she won a children's book competition, with Pippi Longstocking published a year later.She published more than one hundred books in her lifetime and is still the most popular children's author in Sweden. Her books have been translated into more than sixty languages, and she received numerous honours and awards.Astrid Lindgren died in 2002. Ingrid Nyman (1916-1959) was a Danish illustrator, noted for her work on the Pippi Longstocking books of which she was the original illustrator.

When Pippi Longstocking moves in next door to Tommy and Annika they are completely amazed by their new playmate. Pippi is cheeky, courageous and completely unpredictable. She lives alone with a monkey, a horse, and no rules whatsoever! Everything is fun with Pippi around! In this story she performs at the circus, uses her super strength to stop two robbers, and throws an unusual birthday party.

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