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Pippi Longstocking Small Gift Edition
Astrid Lindgren
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Description for Pippi Longstocking Small Gift Edition
Paperback. Pippi Longstocking, Astrid Lindgren's nine-year-old heroine, burst onto the bookshelf in 1945 and has remained a firm favourite with children the world over. Here her story is illustrated with flair and humour by Lauren Child, known to children everywhere as the creator of Charlie and Lola, and winner of the Kate Greenaway and Nestle Gold Awards. Illustrator(s): Child, Lauren. Num Pages: 208 pages, Full Colour. BIC Classification: YFA. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 184 x 143 x 21. Weight in Grams: 404.
Pippi Longstocking is nine years old. She has just moved into Villa Villekulla where she lives all by herself with a horse, a monkey, and a big suitcase full of gold coins. The grown-ups in the village try to make Pippi behave in ways that they think a little girl should, but Pippi has other ideas! She would much rather spend her days arranging wild, exciting adventures to enjoy with her neighbours, Tommy and Annika, or entertaining everyone she meets with her outrageous stories. Pippi thinks nothing of wrestling a circus strongman, dancing a polka with burglars, or tugging a ... Read more
Pippi Longstocking is nine years old. She has just moved into Villa Villekulla where she lives all by herself with a horse, a monkey, and a big suitcase full of gold coins. The grown-ups in the village try to make Pippi behave in ways that they think a little girl should, but Pippi has other ideas! She would much rather spend her days arranging wild, exciting adventures to enjoy with her neighbours, Tommy and Annika, or entertaining everyone she meets with her outrageous stories. Pippi thinks nothing of wrestling a circus strongman, dancing a polka with burglars, or tugging a ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
OUP Oxford
Number of pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
Number of Pages
208
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780192758231
SKU
V9780192758231
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Ref
99-50
About Astrid Lindgren
Astrid Lindgren was born in 1907. Pippi Longstocking was published in Sweden in 1945 and was an instant success with children. She died in 2002.Lauren Child was born in 1967 and grew up in Marlborough in Wiltshire. She now lives in London.
Reviews for Pippi Longstocking Small Gift Edition
Lauren Child's . . . version of Astrid Lindgren's Pippi Longstocking is sublime.
Amanda Craig, The Times
[Lauren Child's] an inspired choice to hook a new generation of children on Sweden's greatest literary export.
Susanna Forest, Telegraph Review
Some word and picture partnerships are akin to a marriage made in heaven. First there was EH Shepard ... Read more
Amanda Craig, The Times
[Lauren Child's] an inspired choice to hook a new generation of children on Sweden's greatest literary export.
Susanna Forest, Telegraph Review
Some word and picture partnerships are akin to a marriage made in heaven. First there was EH Shepard ... Read more