by Astrid Lindgren · Penguin Young Readers Group · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780142402498
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«Pippi Longstocking» is Astrid Lindgren's children's novel, published by Penguin Young Readers Group in paperback (160 pages, in English).
Pippi is a girl with red braids and astonishing strength who lives alone in Villa Villekulla with her horse and her monkey, Mr. Nilsson. Her neighbors Tommy and Annika soon discover that with her, any afternoon turns into a wild adventure, amid games, whims and a very personal way of bending the rules.
First installment of the Pippi Långstrump series, originally published in Swedish in 1945; this English edition belongs to the Puffin Modern Classics collection.
Suitable for readers aged 8 to 12, interested in children's classics with humor, friendship and plenty of imagination.
Astrid Anna Emilia Lindgren was a Swedish writer of fiction and screenplays. She is most notable for several children's book series, featuring Pippi Longstocking, Emil of Lönneberga, Karlsson-on-the-Roof, and The Six Bullerby Children, and for the children's fantasy novels Mio, My Son; Ronia the Robber's Daughter; and The Brothers Lionheart. Lindgren worked on the Children's Literature Editorial Board at the Rabén & Sjögren publishing house in Stockholm and wrote more than 30 books for children. In 2017, she was calculated to be the world's 18th most translated author. Lindgren had by 2010 sold roughly 167 million books worldwide. In 1994, she was awarded the Right Livelihood Award for "her unique authorship dedicated to the rights of children and respect for their individuality". Her campaigning for animal welfare led to a new law, Lex Lindgren, in time for her 80th birthday.
