Pippi Longstocking (Puffin Modern Classics)

by Lindgren, Astrid

• ISBN13: 9780142402498
• ISBN10: 0142402494
• Edition: Revised
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-04-21
• Publisher: Puffin

Summary

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!

Author Biography

Astrid Lindgren (1907-2002) was born in Sweden. After college, she worked in a newspaper office and a Swedish publishing house. Her most famous and beloved book, Pippi Longstocking, was originally published in Swedish in 1950, and was later translated into many other languages. It was followed by two sequels, Pippi Goes on Board and Pippi in the South Seas. Ms. Lindgren had a long, prolific career, writing more than 100 picture books, poems, short stories, plays, screenplays, and novels. In 1958, she won the Hans Christian Andersen Medal, the highest international award in children's literature.

Table of Contents

Pippi Moves into Villa Villekulla	p. 11
Pippi Is a Thing-Finder and Gets into a Fight	p. 24
Pippi Plays Tag with Some Policemen	p. 38
Pippi Goes to School	p. 48
Pippi Sits on the Gate and Climbs a Tree	p. 62
Pippi Arranges a Picnic	p. 75
Pippi Goes to the Circus	p. 89
Pippi Entertains Two Burglars	p. 104
Pippi Goes to a Coffee Party	p. 116
Pippi Acts as a Lifesaver	p. 132
Pippi Celebrates Her Birthday	p. 144
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