Quickly becoming an international cultural icon-particularly in her native Sweden-Pippi spawned a cottage industry including more than ten picture books, a television series, a ballet, countless pieces of merchandise, and a series of movies, several of which had screenplays authored by Lindgren herself. With her friends from next door, Tommy and Annika, Pippi embarks on a series of adventures over the course of three novellas by Lindgren, Pippi Longstocking, Pippi Långstrump går ombord (1946 Pippi Goes on Boa rd), and Pippi Långstrump i Söderhavet (1948 Pippi in the South Seas). The strongest girl in the world, Pippilotta Delicatessa Windowshade Mackrel-mint Ephraim's Daughter Longstocking (or, Pippi-lotta Viktualia Rullgardina Krusmynta Efraimsdotter Långstrump in Swedish) is an orphaned girl of enormous wealth who lives by herself with her menagerie of animals in a middle-class Swedish town in a cottage called Villa Villekula.

Swedish children's author Lindgren is most commonly associated with Pippi Longstocking, one of the most iconic and enduring characters in twentieth-century children's literature.

The following entry presents criticism on Lindgren's juvenile novel Pippi Långstrump (1945 Pippi Longstocking) through 2004. This picture book is a lovely introduction to Astrid Lindgren and Pippi Longstocking.Swedish author of juvenile fiction, picture books, and screenplays. It is fair to say that, with Pippi next door, life is going to become one big adventure for Tommy and Annika. Pippi is unlike any child Tommy and Annika have ever met before – she is rich, independent and super strong. However, to their surprise it is a child who moves in next door, along with her horse and her monkey, Mr Nilsson. Tommy and Annika live next door to an empty house and their dearest wish is that they should have new neighbours, with children.

There is quite a lot of text, so it is probably best for 4+ if you are planning to read it to your child. I have to admit that I loved Pippi Longstocking as a child and my daughter and niece have both enjoyed her stories, but this is a lovely, colourful version, with the original illustrations. This picture book version has been released to celebrate an almost unbelievable anniversary of 70 years since she appeared in print. This is a delightful picture book, featuring that beloved childhood character, Pippi Longstocking.

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