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Pippi Longstocking Paperback – April 21, 2005

by Astrid Lindgren (Author), Michael Chesworth (Illustrator), Louis S. Glanzman (Illustrator)

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The beloved story of a spunky young girl and her hilarious escapades.

"A rollicking story."--The Horn Book

Tommy and his sister Annika have a new neighbor, and her name is Pippi Longstocking. She has crazy red pigtails, no parents to tell her what to do, a horse that lives on her porch, and a flair for the outrageous that seems to lead to one adventure after another!

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"A rollicking story."--The Horn Book

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Astrid Lindgren, author of many popular books for children, won the Hans Christian Andersen Award for her contribution to children's literature.

1907Astrid Anna Emilia Ericsson born November 14 in Näs, near Vimmerby, Småland; second child of Samuel August and Hanna Ericson (brother Gunnar born 1906; sisters Stina and Ingegerd born 1911 and 1916, respectively).

1914Astrid begins attending school, and Näs receives electricity for the first time.

1923Astrid finishes school.

1924Starts work at the Wimmerby Tidningen, the Vimmerby newspaper.

1926Moves to Stockholm for a secretary schooling; son Lars born December 4.

1931Astrid Ericsson marries Sture Lindgren. 1934Birth of daughter Karin, May 21.

1937Starts working again.

1941Lindgren family moves to apartment in Dalagatan in Stockholm, where Astrid Lindgren lives since.

1944Writes her first story, Pippi Longstocking (Pippi Långstrump) as a birthday present for her daugther; second prize of Rabén & Sjöt;gren for her first Britt-Mari book.

1945Pippi Longstocking wins first prize at Rabén & Sjögren's Best Children's Book Competition, age 6-10.

1946Begins work as children's book editor at Rabén & Sjögren.

1947-1948First time in England and the USA.

1949Hamburg publisher Friedrich Oetlinger travels to Stockholm and meets Astrid Lindgren, acquires translation rights to Pippi Longstocking.

1950Nils Holgersson Medal.

1952Sture Lindgren dies.

1956Deutscher Jugendbuchpreis, Sonderpreis (German Prize for Children's Books, Special Award) for Mio, My Son.

1957The Swedish State Award for Writers of High Literary Standard - Astrid Lindgren is the first children's literature author to receive this award.

1958Astrid Lindgren receives the Hans Christian Andersen Medal (International Children's Books aAward), for Rasmus and the Vagabond (for the same book, she also received the Boys' Club of America Junior Book Award.

1959New York Herald Tribune Children's Spring Book Festival Award for Sia lives on Kilimanjaro.

1961Her mother, Hanna Ericsson, dies.

1965Swedish State Award for Literature.

1967Rabén & Sjögren and Friedrich Oetinger establish the Astrid-Lindgren Award; Astrid Lindgren travels to the USSR.

1969Astrid's father, Samuel August, dies.

1970Retires as children's books editor from Rabén & Sjögren; receives the Golden Ship Award of the Swedish Society for the Promotion of Literature, the Heffaklumpen of the Swedish newspaper Expressen for Emil and Piggy Beast, and the Lewis Carroll Shelf Award for Christmas in the Stable.

1971The Swedish Academy's Gold Medal.

1973Honorary Ph.D. at the Linköping University in Sweden; Lewis Carroll Shelf Award for Pippi Longstocking.

1974Smile Award for Russian adaptation of Karlsson-on-the-Roof.

1975Litteris et artibus (plaque presented by the king of Sweden) and Silvergriffel for The Brothers Lionheart.

1978Friedenspreis des Deutschen Buchhandels (German Booksellers' Peace Award) - Astrid Lindgren was the first children's literature author to receive this honor: she donates half the prize money to German children, the other half to Swedish children. Also received: Adelaide-Risto Award (Rome), International Writer's Prize, and an honorary doctor of letters, Leicester University, England.

1979Wilhelm-Hauff-Prize and the International Janusz-Korczak Award for The Brothers Lionheart.

1984Mildred L. Batchelder Award to Viking Press for Ronia, the Robber's Daughter; Dag Hammersklöld Award (Sweden); John Hansson Award (USA).

1985With over 2 million yearly borrowals in the Swedish Public libraries, Astrid Lindgren is the most often read Swedish author. Received the Illis Quruom (Gold Medal awarded by the Swedish Government); Silver Bear Award for the movie "Ronia, the Robber's Daughter"; Loisirs jeune élu par l'enfant (French children's book award); Karen Blixen Award (from the Danish Academy); Jovanovic Zmaj Award (Yugoslavia).

1986Astrid Lindgren's son Lars and Friedrich Oetinger die; the Swedish Council of America names her "Swede of the Year"; Selma Lagerlöf Award (Sweden) and the Lego Prize (Denmark). Astrid Lindgren founds "Solkatten" for disabled children.

1987Leo Tolstoy International Gold Medal.

1989Albert Schweitzer Medal; honorary doctor at the University of Warsaw.

1993International Book Award (from the UNESCO International Book Committee).

1996The first Astrid Lindgren statue is unveiled in Stockholm's Tenerlunden park (a bronze statue by Majalisa Alexanderson).

2001Astrid dies in Sweden. She is missed!

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Puffin Books; Reissue edition (April 21, 2005)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 160 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0142402494
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0142402498
Reading age ‏ : ‎ 6 - 9 years, from customers
Lexile measure ‏ : ‎ 870L
Grade level ‏ : ‎ 3 - 7
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 4.6 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 7.01 x 5 x 0.39 inches

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Astrid Lindgren was born in 1907, and grew up at a farm 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 wrote 34 chapter books and 41 picture books, that all together have sold a staggering 170 million copies and been translated into more than 100 languages.
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Customers enjoy this book for its fun and engaging stories. They find the illustrations cute and playful, with a few jokes for adults built in. Many customers find the book humorous and full of adventures. It offers good value for money and is described as a great choice for strong girls. The character development is also appreciated, with Pippi being a funny and independent female protagonist who inspires readers.

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Customers enjoy the book's readability and find it fun for kids. They say it helps children with comprehension, explores other cultures, and entertains them with exciting things Pippi gets into. The book is imaginative and keeps children entertained.

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Customers enjoy the illustrations in the book. They find it cute, funny, and a wonderful version of the classic story. The book is described as well-written and whimsical, similar to Roald Dahl's works but less creepy.

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A Classic Kids Book!
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I love this edition. It might be the one I read when I was little. The illustrations most match the story, which is still funny and engaging.

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Must read for every child
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A kid that doesn't grow up with Astrid Lindgren's characters is missing out on something beautiful. No other author knew as well as her what kids want to read about. She understood them and makes them curious, happy, sad, excited and wise. Pippi Longstocking also shows kids that it is YOU who decides what to make out of your life and not the circumstances. She has courage and doesn't play the victim card as she could.

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Love Pippi Longstocking!
Reviewed in the United States on February 14, 2024
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Great book. Everyone should have one. I can read it over and over. I recommend this book for anyone go out and buy it today.
I read this book in the 3th grade and it brings back lots of good memories! Order this book today!!

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Loved as a child
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Gave this to my granddaughter for her birthday, she is N avid reader, she loved the book because it made her laugh. That makes me happy 😊

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Michele Lee
A classic
Reviewed in the United States on January 24, 2011
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We bought this book.

Pippi Longstocking is a classic that's becoming increasingly overlooked. It's an offbeat tale (in the vein of Roald Dahl's works, but more whimsical and less creepy) of a little girl whose father is lost at sea and who lives alone in a villa in a typical (older) suburban neighborhood. Her best friends are her neighbors Tommy and Annika, who are transported to a wild mentality when they're around Pippi that breaks free of the rigorous demands and roles the rest of the world is putting on them. There's no doubting that Pippi is a black sheep, at times nonsensical, and badly behaving. But likewise she also encourages Tommy and Annika (and the readers through Tommy and Annika) to look at things a new way, question why things are as they are, and encourages them not to forget to have fun.

While it's true that Pippi is becoming dated, the situations, especially socially, that the children in this book face are still real. Speaking as a girl who always wanted to be as strong, brave and clever as Pippi when I grew up these books can still make a great, fun read for kids, and can give kids a sorely needed role model in the literary world (especially girls, who are a little light on literary heroes to begin with).

We read it before bed at night over the last few weeks and my kids looked forward to it every night. They enjoy Pippi's silly logic, but most of all her indomitable spirit and her willingness to try anything and face up to the scariest of situations. Highly recommended for older, but still child audiences, Pippi Longstocking is a great teacher of not judging a person by their looks, but how they support and empower the people around them.

Recommended for: 7 and up (loose)
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Cute and sassy
Reviewed in the United States on February 26, 2023
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Well, I have known there is this character Pippi, but I haven't tried the book yet. So I tried finally.
Pippi Longstocking is such a unique girl with gift, out of the box kind of girl. But you cannot help but loving her. She may not be smart, but she knows how to survive. And she loves her friends, not only her monkey and horse but her neighbor Tommy and Annika.

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It is not everyday that you get to choose a 1950 book to entertain your (baby) daughter. Yet, Pippi Longstocking is a classic for a reason, or actually a number of reasons. First, Pippi's depiction; Pippi is an orphan but somehow the author had saved us all drama and set out to create a character who takes life for what it is and makes it an amazing world where everything goes and wonders is something you create for yourself. Flirting with the surreal, Pippi is extra strong, imaginative, creative and dares to be her (different) self.All in all what i wish for my daughter. Second, the incidents she finds herself in are original, even now, some 50 years after the book was written makes it very refreshing and entertaining to the adult who reads the book to the child. I would highly reccommend this book to any type of parent, who envisions a daughter equally -if not more- strong.

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Pippi marched to the sound of her own drum...refreshing story!
Reviewed in the United States on February 4, 2017
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I bought this book for my niece. I started calling her Pippi years ago and she had no idea why. I told her all about Pippi Longstocking and how I used to love the character while I was growing up. She hadn't heard of her, so I decided this Christmas to get her a book. She didn't know what to expect, but I come to find out that she absolutely loves the book. Recently, she was excited to tell me that she was reading it before bedtime and she loved all the funny antics Pippi got into. I think I'll have to read the books again...I loved that she marched to the sound of her own drum. I guess I modeled my life by that motto. I'm happy to be able to share these books with her.

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Reviewed in Mexico on January 17, 2024
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Mari
Peppi book an awesome read!
Reviewed in Canada on May 17, 2021
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great book, I wanted to expose my children to the beloved characters I grew up reading (in Finnish) about & all of us loved this book & the stories it contained. Has many chapters (individual stories), which are the perfect length to be read at bedtime!! My 8 & 3 year olds loved it & looked forward to the next adventure Peppi was going on.

I highly recommend this book. It doesn't vontsin every Peppi story, but many. It has a tiny picture at the beginning of the chapter and one in the middle of the chapter somewhere.

Most likely I'll be purchasing many more copies this book for neices & ndphews for Christmas! :)

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Ótimo Conteúdo mas Péssimo material, papel MUITO Ruim e Capa bem frágil
Reviewed in Brazil on July 16, 2020
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O Livro é ótimo pra Aprender inglês. Mas a qualidade do Material é Muito ruim para o preço que está a Capa Comum. Péssima qualidade o papel do livro e a Capa. Tenho muitos livros em casa mas este é o primeiro que vejo um papel tão ruim e inferior. É minha Avaliação sincera do aspecto físico do livro. Pelo preço esperava uma qualidade Razoável e que a capa não fosse tão frágil e mole (também de Péssimo Material). Se custasse R$ 15 só o livro sem considerar o Frete este seria um preço "adequado" dada a horrível qualidade do papel, cobrar R$ 37 na Capa Comum é um absurdo! Insatisfeita.

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Nutty & Hilarious
Reviewed in India on September 11, 2018
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Off late there have been a number of rebel girl books.
But this one was released in 1945 and is as rebel as a rebel girl can be.
Illogical and hence funny . Nicely written with good pictures.
A classic and can still be enjoyed . Recommend for 8-10 year

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Beautiful book for 8 year old Granddaughter
Reviewed in Australia on December 1, 2021
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My other Grandy who doesn’t enjoy reading finally (after 7 months) decided to pick it up & see. She read from cover to cover & absolutely loved the story!!
Both my own daughters loved it too in the 80’s!!
A classic for young girls.

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