One day, Pippi, who describes herself as a “Thing-Finder,” invites the children to come with her as she searches the neighborhood for interesting items. They are excited when Pippi moves into Villa Villekulla and the three children quickly become firm friends. Two children, Tommy and Annika, live next door with their parents.
Nilsson, and a suitcase full of gold coins to the family home, Villa Villekulla, where she now lives alone. When her father was swept overboard during a terrible storm, Pippi left the boat and took her pet monkey, Mr. Pippi’s mother died while she was a baby and she spent her early years sailing the sea on her father’s boat, having adventures and learning about the world. The first in a series of twelve children’s books by Swedish author Astrid Lindgren, Pippi Longstocking recounts the fantastical adventures of the title character, a young girl named Pippi Longstocking.
"She had this understanding of what a child might be interested in. Also joining the discussion is Johan Palmberg, Lindgren's great grandson, who recalls. She is still very much adored there today.Ĭressida Cowell is a recent children's laureate. In the 70s and 80s Lindgren began campaigning on child, environmental and animal rights, influencing Swedish government policy and becoming known as the 'Grandmother of all Sweden'. She was a particular hit in post-war Germany, where it is claimed the stories helped de-nazify the Hitler youth. But it was Pippi who brought her fame and fortune. Born in 1907, Lindgren invented the Pippi Longstocking stories to tell to her children during the war years, only writing them down for a publisher years later.įollowing the immense success of Pippi, Astrid Lindgren went on to write Emil of Lonneberga, Children of Noisy Village and the fantasy novels Mio, my son Ronia the Robber's Daughter and The Brother's Lionheart. The best-selling author of How to Train Your Dragon, Cressida Cowell, explains her love for the Swedish author, Astrid Lindgren.
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