Pippi Longstocking (Swedish: Pippi Långstrump) is a Swedish children's novel by writer Astrid Lindgren, published by Rabén & Sjögren with illustrations by Ingrid Vang Nyman in 1945. She began her writing career in 1944 after she won a children's book competition, with Pippi Longstocking published a year later. She wrote 34 chapter books and 41 picture books, that all together have sold a staggering 170 million copies and been translated into more than 100 languages.
Astrid Lindgren died in 2002. Read reviews of all the Pippi Longstocking books and how to read Pippi Longstocking in order. Book 1 in the series is.
Pippi Longstocking, novel for children written by Astrid Lindgren and published in 1945 in Swedish as Pippi Långstrump. The first English-language edition appeared in 1950. The collection of stories about the supremely independent and self-sufficient little girl became immensely popular worldwide and remains a classic of children's literature.
Pippi is a truly original character: a nine. Astrid Lindgren is best-known for her children's books about the independent, strong, redheaded Pippi Longstocking. Astrid Anna Emilia Lindgren, née Ericsson, (1907 - 2002) was a Swedish children's book author and screenwriter, whose many titles were translated into 85 languages and published in more than 100 countries.
She has sold roughly 165 million copies worldwide. Today, she is most remembered for writing the Pippi Longstocking books, as well as the Karlsson-on-the-Roof book series. Awards: Hans.
In 2025 Pippi Longstocking turns 80! Or, to be completely accurate, the first book about Pippi turns 80 - Pippi herself will always be the free-spirited nine-year-old we know so well. Pippi Longstocking has been in print continuously since first publication, making Pippi one of the most popular children's characters ever. Perfect boys and for girls, for reading aloud or for reading alone.
Pippi Longstocking is one of the best-loved characters in children's books, and this is the perfect introduction to her for very young readers. Ingrid Vang Nyman's original classic artwork is used here for the first time in the UK, now beautifully rendered in two. With a foreword by Karin Nyman and comments by Ulla Lundqvist.This book is the first publication of Astrid Lindgren's original manuscript of Pippi Longstocking, rejected at the time by Albert Bonniers Verlag and later revised and published by Rabén & Sjögren in 1945.
The comments at the end of the book are by Ulla Lundqvist, author, critic, children's book researcher, etc. The rebellious. Pippi Longstocking (Swedish: Pippi Långstrump) is the fictional main character in a series of children's books by Swedish author Astrid Lindgren.
Pippi was named by Lindgren's daughter Karin, who asked her mother for a get-well story when she was off school. Pippi is red-haired, freckled, unconventional and superhumanly strong.