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.

Ronia, the Robber's Daughter

Author: Astrid Lindgren
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0140317201
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 177

Book Description
Read the book that inspired Studio Ghibli's series, Ronja the Robber’s Daughter! A thrilling adventure crafted by the author of Pippi Longstocking On the night Ronia was born, a thunderstorm raged over the mountain, but in Matt's castle and among his band of robbers there was only joy - for Matt now had a spirited little black-haired daughter. Soon Ronia learns to dance and yell with the robbers, but it is alone in the forest that she feels truly at home. Then one day Ronia meets Birk, the son of Matt's arch-enemy. Soon after Ronia and Birk become friends the worst quarrel ever between the rival bands erupts, and Ronia and Berk are right in the middle.

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:
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.

Kati in Paris

Author: Astrid Lindgren
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Paris (France)
Languages : en
Pages : 152

Book Description
Kati and her fiancé travel from Stockholm to Paris for their wedding and enough memories for their first year of marriage.

Astrid Lindgren

Author: Johanna Hurwitz
Publisher: Puffin
ISBN: 0147516684
Category : Authors, Swedish
Languages : en
Pages : 82

Book Description
Chronicles the life of the Swedish storyteller, discussing her unplanned development as an author and the creation of her beloved carrot-topped heroine, Pippi Longstocking.

Master Detective: a Kalle Blomqvist Mystery

Author: Astrid Lindgren
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780192749277
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 272

Book Description
A super sleuth like Kalle Blomqvist is always looking for the next case to crack. So when a mysterious stranger arrives in town he finds the perfect excuse to start an investigation, one that will draw him and his friends into a thrilling case of theft and deception.

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.

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.