Book in: English
By: Astrid Lindgren
Original title: Pippi Långstrump (Sweden, 1945)
Oxford University Press 2023
Pages: 208
Synopsis:
Pippi Longstocking is nine years old and lives entirely on her own at Villa Villekulla, with a horse on the porch, a monkey called Mr Nilsson on her shoulder and a suitcase full of gold coins. She goes to school only when the mood takes her, sleeps with her feet on the pillow, and is — with no serious competition — the strongest girl in the world. Next door, Tommy and Annika have never met anyone who so completely ignores what grown-ups think children ought to do. Astrid Lindgren published her in 1945 and turned European children's writing upside down. This Oxford edition is illustrated throughout by Lauren Child. English text, 208 pages.
