Pippi Longstocking
$25.82
- Paperback
208 pages
- Release Date
19 September 2012
Summary
Pippi Longstocking is nine years old. She has just moved into Villa Villekulla where she lives all by herself with a horse, a monkey, and a big suitcase full of gold coins. The grown-ups in the village try to make Pippi behave in ways that they think a little girl should, but Pippi has other plans! She would much rather spend her days arranging wild, exciting adventures to enjoy with her neighbours, Tommy and Annika, or entertaining everyone she meets with her outrageous stories. Pippi thinks…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780192758231 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0192758233 |
| Author: | Astrid Lindgren, Lauren Child |
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press |
| Imprint: | Oxford University Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 208 |
| Release Date: | 19 September 2012 |
| Weight: | 398g |
| Dimensions: | 185mm x 155mm x 20mm |
| Series: | Pippi Longstocking |
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Critics Review
There’s no stopping Lauren Child as she brings her own inimitable style to illustrate Pippi Longstocking … Everyone will love this.
Lauren Child's . . . version of Astrid Lindgren's Pippi Longstocking is sublime.' Amanda Craig, The Times[Lauren Child’s] an inspired choice to hook a new generation of children on Sweden’s greatest literary export.’ Susanna Forest, Telegraph Review’Some word and picture partnerships are akin to a marriage made in heaven. First there was EH Shepard and AA Milne, then Quentin Blake and Roald Dahl - now Lauren Child and Astrid Lindgren. If ever there was an illustrator born to understand the psyche and well-loved quirkiness of Pippi Longstocking and infuse it with a 21st-century edge, then Child is that artist.’ JuniorThere's no stopping Lauren Child as she brings her own inimitable style to illustrate Pippi Longstocking . . . Everyone will love this.' The BooksellerLauren Child … is the perfect choice to illustrate this handsome edition of Pippi … her unmistakable illustrative style helps to bring a modern feel to the book and will enable another generation of readers to enjoy the exploits of this extraordinary little girl.’ Books for Keeps
About The Author
Astrid Lindgren
Astrid Lindgren was born in 1907. Pippi Longstocking was published in Sweden in 1945 and was an instant success with children. She died in 2002.
Lauren Child was born in 1967 and grew up in Marlborough in Wiltshire. She now lives in London.
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