Review: Pippi Longstocking by Astrid Lindgren

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My Thoughts On This Book

Pippi Longstocking is a delightful classic that both adults and children enjoy. My mother read Pippi when she was a kid, I read Pippi when I was a kid and I re-read it now. It’s such a fun book and Pippi is such a strong, lively character.

Pippi is immensely strong, with an innocent sense of mischief and a friendly, generous nature. She also doesn’t exactly understand how school or tea party’s are supposed to work, and her grave attempts to behave properly in the adult world always fail with hilarity. She used to travel with her pirate captain father, but she’s recently come ashore with a bag full of gold coins. Pippi, her monkey Mr. Nilsson, and her Horse move into the little cottage of Villa Villekulla at the edge of town.

Pippi Longstocking is a series of little stories about the adventures of the mistress of Villa Villekulla and her friends Tommy and Annika. Each chapter is a different story, and they’re all funny and amusing.

The chapters are:

• Pippi Moves into Villa Villekulla
• Pippi Is a Thing-finder and Gets into a Fight
• Pippi Plays Tag with Some Policemen
• Pippi Goes to School
• Pippi Sits on the Gate and Climbs a Tree
• Pippi Arranges a Picnic
• Pippi Goes to the Circus
• Pippi Entertains Two Burglars
• Pippi Acts as a Lifesaver
• Pippi Celebrates Her Birthday

I love Pippi’s birthday party.

Rating & Levels For This Book

I Give This Book four Vikings out of five	Violence Level one Burning Hut out of five	Romance Level zero Hearts out of five
# of actual vikings in book: 0 What do these levels mean? »	Humor Level three Smiles out of five	Lust Level zero Kisses out of five

Author and Publishing Information For This Book

Author & Book Details Title: Pippi Longstocking Author(s): Astrid Lindgren ISBN#: 0140309578 Genre(s): Children’s fiction Edition Reviewed: Mass market Illustrations: Black-and-white drawings by Louis S. Ganzman (though more recent editions might have a different illustrator) Page Count: 160 Part of a Series: Yes, book one

Publishing & Copyright Details Publisher(s): Puffin Books Copyright: 1978, 1977, 1976,1974, 1973, 1972, 1970, 1969, 1950 In Print: Yes Original Language: Swedish Published in English: Yes Find a Local Book Store »

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