Astrid Lindgren

Author: Jens Andersen
Publisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 0300235135
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 356

Book Description
The first English†‘language biography of Astrid Lindgren provides a moving and revealing portrait of the beloved Scandinavian literary icon whose adventures of Pippi Longstocking have influenced generations of young readers all over the world. Lindgren’s sometimes turbulent life as an unwed teenage mother, outspoken advocate for the rights of women and children, and celebrated editor and author is chronicled in fascinating detail by Jens Andersen, one of Denmark’s most popular biographers. Based on extensive research and access to primary sources and letters, this highly readable account describes Lindgren’s battles with depression and her personal struggles through war, poverty, motherhood, and fame. Andersen examines the writer’s oeuvre as well to uncover the secrets to the books’ universal appeal and why they have resonated so strongly with young readers for more than seventy years.

Pippi Longstocking

Author: Astrid Lindgren
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 9780192752048
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 148

Book Description
Escapades of a lucky little girl who lives with a horse and a monkey - but without any parents - at the edge of a Swedish village.

Do You Know Pippi Longstocking?

Author: Astrid Lindgren
Publisher: Oxford University Press - Children
ISBN: 0192743643
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 27

Book Description
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. This charming heritage edition is the perfect introduction to Pippi. The story is published in its original picture book form, with classic illustrations that bring Pippi and all the mayhem she causes to life.

Pippi in the South Seas

Author: Astrid Lindgren
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780192752635
Category : Children's stories
Languages : en
Pages : 132

Book Description
The adventures of the strongest girl in the world, who takes her two friends with her when she travels from Sweden to visit her father, king of an island in the South Seas.

Pippi in the South Seas

Author: Astrid Lindgren
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
The adventures of the strongest girl in the world, who takes her two friends with her when she travels from Sweden to visit her father, king of an island in the South Seas.

Pippi Longstocking (World of Astrid Lindgren) Ebk

Author: Astrid Lindgren
Publisher: Oxford University Press - Children
ISBN: 0192786296
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 164

Book Description
Loved by millions of children around the world Pippi Longstocking is one of the most popular children's characters of all time. This new edition of the classic story by Astrid Lindgren contains brand new black and white artwork by award-winning illustrator Mini Grey, introducing Pippi's adventurous spirit to a whole new generation of readers.

Pippi Longstocking (Puffin Modern Classics)

Author: Astrid Lindgren
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0142402494
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 162

Book Description
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!

Pippi Goes Aboard

Author: Astrid Lindgren
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780192752628
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 148

Book Description
Pippi's father, a cannibal king, comes to visit. 8 yrs+

The New Adventures of Pippi Longstocking

Author: Hutter Stephanie
Publisher: Puffin
ISBN: 9780140508895
Category : Humorous stories.
Languages : en
Pages : 32

Book Description
Eleven-year-old Pippi returns to Villa Villekulla and has a series of humorous adventures with neighbors Tommy and Annika, the horse Alfonso, and her monkey, Mr. Nilsson.

A World Gone Mad

Author: Astrid Lindgren
Publisher: Pushkin Press
ISBN: 1782272321
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 203

Book Description
A civilian, a mother, and a writer's unique account of a world devastated by conflict 'A rare glimpse of life in neutral Sweden and an insight into the dark setting that created her best-known work' FT Before she became internationally known for her children's books, Astrid Lindgren was an aspiring author living in Stockholm with her family at the outbreak of The Second World War. In these diaries, Lindgren emerges as a morally courageous critic of violence and war, as well as a deeply sensitive and astute observer of world affairs. Alongside political events, she includes delightful vignettes of domestic life, moments of personal crisis, and reveals the origins of Pippi Longstocking - soon to become one of the most famous and beloved children's books of the twentieth century.