Pippi+Longstocking



Pippi Longstocking is the story of a 9 year old orphan girl and all of her funny adventures she experiences in her life. Pippi has a father who is "lost at sea" and mother who watches her from heaven. She lives in an old house that her father bought her to give her a more stable life along with her monkey friend Mr. Nilsson and her pet horse. Every activity she needs to do she can trhough the gold coins her father also gave her. She meets two children her age next door, Tommy and Annika, who happen to find her very strange. Pippi does not dress like normal children would dress and enjoys being different. She has incredible strength that helps her be independent. Since Pippi lives alone she finds multiple ways to entertain herself and has Tommy and Annika join her in the activities she participates in. Some of the activities they do are cook together, climb a tree, go to the circus, and play tag with poilcemen. What new, defying adventure will be up next?
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Astrid Lindgren was born in Vimmerby, Sweden on November 14, 1907. Once she finished school she worked at a local newspaper. In 1931, she married Sture Lindgren who was her boss. Her daughter Karin was born 3 years later. Pippi was created for entertainment when Karin was bed-ridden. Her first book was published in 1944 but her second book, Pippi Longstocking, brought her international recognition. By 1946, Astrid worked as an editor for her publisher for 24 years and continued to write children's books. Pippi sold over 130 million copies. (3) She was an outspoken activist and successfully changed the Swedish tax laws. She died in her sleep at the age of 94 in 2002. (1)
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Karlsson-on-the-Roof, Emil of Lonneberga, The Bill Bergson series, Madicken, Ronia the Robber's Daughter, Seacrow Island, The Six Bullerby Children/ The Children of Noisy Village, Mio my Mio, The Brothers Lionheart, A Calf for Christmas, Brenda Helps Grandmother, The Children of Noisy Village, Circus Child, Christmas in the Stable, Dirk Lives in Holland, Gerda Lives in Norway, I Don't Want to Go to Bed, I want a Brother or Sister, I Want to Go to School Too, Kati in America, Kati in Italy, Kati in Paris, Lotta, Lotta's Bike, Lotta's Christmas Surprise, Lotta's Easter Surprise, Lotta Leaves Home, Lotta on Troublemaker Street, Markos Lives in Yugoslavia, Marje, Marje to the Rescue, Matti Lives in Finland, Mirabelle, Mischievous Meg, Most Beloved Sister, My Nightingale is Singing, My Swedish Cousins, My Very Own Sister, Noby Lives in Thailand, Rasmus and the Vagabond, The Red Bird, The Runaway Sleigh Ride, Scrap and the Pirates, Sea Crow Island, Siva Lives on Kilimanjaro, Simon Small Moves In, Springtime in Noisy Village, That's Not my Baby, The Tomten, The Tomten and the Fox, The World's Best Karlson. (1)
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Pippi Longstocking was also made into numerous films including an English version from Columbia Pictures, //New Adventures of Pippi Longstocking.// (2) There was also an animated series created called Pippi Longstocking.

Second recipient of the Hans Christian Andersen Award, an international award for youth literature. The Encyclopedia of Fantasy named her the foremost Swedish contributor to modern children's fantasy. (1) She also received, in 1993, the International Book Award from UNESCO. (2) In 1967, an annual literary prize, the Astrid Lindgren Prize, was created in connection with her 60th birthday. The prize, SEK 40,000, is awarded to a Swedish language children's author, every year on her birthday in November. (1)
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After an initial rejection from Bonnier Publishers in 1944, Lindgren's manuscript was accepted for publication by the Swedish publisher [|Rabén and Sjögren]. The first three Pippi chapter books were published from 1945 to 1948, with an additional series of six books published in 1969–1975. Two final stories were printed in 1979 and 2000. The books have been translated into 64 languages. (4) A musical was created in Japan based off of her character. Also she has been referenced in popular shows such as "The Simpsons" and "Seinfeld". Pippi is very popular as a Halloween costume idea as well. (5)
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Be original, friendship, adventure, confidence, self-sufficient, be opinionated
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