![]() ![]() Lindgren had a long, prolific career, writing more than 100 picture books, poems, short stories, plays, screenplays, and novels. It was followed by two sequels, Pippi Goes on Board and Pippi in the South Seas. Her most famous and beloved book, Pippi Longstocking, was originally published in Swedish in 1950, and was later translated into many other languages. ![]() ![]() ![]() After college, she worked in a newspaper office and a Swedish publishing house. But then Pippi's long lost father returns, and she might have to leave Villa Villekulla!įrom the Hans Christian Andersen Medal-winning author of the classic Pippi Longstocking, this is another rollicking adventure that's sure to please fans of the freckled, fun-loving little girl.Īstrid Lindgren (1907-2002) was born in Sweden. She's been treating her friends Tommy and Annika to wild adventures, too-like buying and eating seventy-two pounds of candy, or sailing off to an island in the middle of a lake to see what it's like to be shipwrecked. Outrageous Pippi Longstocking has no parents around and no rules to follow, so she lives according to her own daredevilish ways. Celebrating seventy-five years of Pippi Longstocking-a beloved story of a strong, spunky girl and her hilarious adventures. ![]()
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