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Astrid Ericsson Lindgren
(1907-2002)

Astrid Anna Emilia Ericsson was born November 14, 1907 on her parents farm in Vimmerby, Sweden. She later moved to Stockholm and married. Astrid Ericsson Lindgren would tell her children stories and at the age of 37 began writing of Pippi, a name invented by her daughter. Her book, Pippi Langstrump, proved a critical success in 1945.

Pippi Longstocking became her most famous character. Pippi is a peculiar girl with red hair sticking straight out from either side of her head in tight braids. She wears mismatched brown and black stockings. Pippi has all sorts of adventures. She doesn't have a mother and her father has been lost at sea. Pippi believes he has washed up on some distant southern shore becoming the "king of all the cannibals". She lives with a monkey and a pony, financed by a large chest of gold coins to fulfill all her wishes. Pippi is fearless, ageless and outrageously rude.

Ms. Lindgren based Pippi Longstocking on her own childhood in Sweden. In 1973, she wrote "Rocks and trees were as close to us as living beings, and nature protected and nurtured our playing and our dreaming. Whatever our imagination could call forth was enacted in the land around us - all fairy tales, all adventures we invented or read about or heard about, all of it happened there. Even our songs and prayers had their places in surrounding nature."

Astrid Lindgren won almost every literary prize possible for children's books. She won the Hans Christian Andersen Medal for her contribution to children's literature. Astrid Ericsson Lindgren was so popular in her native Sweden that her picture adorns a postage stamp.

Astrid Lindgren was active in tax reform and in improving conditions for farm animals. She was a political power as well as a loved cultural institution in Sweden. "Perhaps this is because in Stockholm, drunks come up to hug me all the time. And I cannot be that impressed with anyone, except for God."

Pippi Longstocking on DVD

The New Adventures Of Pippi Longstocking -Astrid Lindgren - An enticing, newly illustrated collection of the enduringly popular Pippi stories. Since Pippi Longstocking was first published in 1950, the escapades of the incomparable Pippi,the girl with upside-down braids and no parents to tell her what to do, have delighted boys and girls alike. Now, for the first time, Pippi Longstocking, Pippi Goes on Board, and Pippi in the South Seas are all together in one bumper volume, with new illustrations in full-color and black-and-white.The collection is an ideal introduction for anyone discovering Pippi for the first time, while confirmed fans will enjoy revisiting their favorite episodes and recalling some they've forgotten. Her admirers will also find fascinating new biographical information about author Astrid Lindgren and the origin of the Pippi stories. Astrid Lindgren was awarded the 1958 Hans Christian Andersen Medal for her contribution to international children's literature. List Price:$12.99 Our Price:$12.99

Shirley Temple's Storybook: Pippi Longstocking (in Color) -Astrid Lindgren - An enticing, newly illustrated collection of the enduringly popular Pippi stories. Since Pippi Longstocking was first published in 1950, the escapades of the incomparable Pippi,the girl with upside-down braids and no parents to tell her what to do, have delighted boys and girls alike. Now, for the first time, Pippi Longstocking, Pippi Goes on Board, and Pippi in the South Seas are all together in one bumper volume, with new illustrations in full-color and black-and-white.The collection is an ideal introduction for anyone discovering Pippi for the first time, while confirmed fans will enjoy revisiting their favorite episodes and recalling some they've forgotten. Her admirers will also find fascinating new biographical information about author Astrid Lindgren and the origin of the Pippi stories. Astrid Lindgren was awarded the 1958 Hans Christian Andersen Medal for her contribution to international children's literature. List Price:$7.99 Our Price:$7.99

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Pippi Goes Up North -Astrid Lindgren - An enticing, newly illustrated collection of the enduringly popular Pippi stories. Since Pippi Longstocking was first published in 1950, the escapades of the incomparable Pippi,the girl with upside-down braids and no parents to tell her what to do, have delighted boys and girls alike. Now, for the first time, Pippi Longstocking, Pippi Goes on Board, and Pippi in the South Seas are all together in one bumper volume, with new illustrations in full-color and black-and-white.The collection is an ideal introduction for anyone discovering Pippi for the first time, while confirmed fans will enjoy revisiting their favorite episodes and recalling some they've forgotten. Her admirers will also find fascinating new biographical information about author Astrid Lindgren and the origin of the Pippi stories. Astrid Lindgren was awarded the 1958 Hans Christian Andersen Medal for her contribution to international children's literature. List Price: Our Price:

Pippi Returns to Villa Villekulla -Astrid Lindgren - An enticing, newly illustrated collection of the enduringly popular Pippi stories. Since Pippi Longstocking was first published in 1950, the escapades of the incomparable Pippi,the girl with upside-down braids and no parents to tell her what to do, have delighted boys and girls alike. Now, for the first time, Pippi Longstocking, Pippi Goes on Board, and Pippi in the South Seas are all together in one bumper volume, with new illustrations in full-color and black-and-white.The collection is an ideal introduction for anyone discovering Pippi for the first time, while confirmed fans will enjoy revisiting their favorite episodes and recalling some they've forgotten. Her admirers will also find fascinating new biographical information about author Astrid Lindgren and the origin of the Pippi stories. Astrid Lindgren was awarded the 1958 Hans Christian Andersen Medal for her contribution to international children's literature. List Price: Our Price:

Matilda & The New Adventures of Pippi Longstocking -Astrid Lindgren - - Shrink-wrapped An enticing, newly illustrated collection of the enduringly popular Pippi stories. Since Pippi Longstocking was first published in 1950, the escapades of the incomparable Pippi,the girl with upside-down braids and no parents to tell her what to do, have delighted boys and girls alike. Now, for the first time, Pippi Longstocking, Pippi Goes on Board, and Pippi in the South Seas are all together in one bumper volume, with new illustrations in full-color and black-and-white.The collection is an ideal introduction for anyone discovering Pippi for the first time, while confirmed fans will enjoy revisiting their favorite episodes and recalling some they've forgotten. Her admirers will also find fascinating new biographical information about author Astrid Lindgren and the origin of the Pippi stories. Astrid Lindgren was awarded the 1958 Hans Christian Andersen Medal for her contribution to international children's literature. List Price:$5.19 Our Price:$5.19

Pippi Longstocking -The TV Series -Astrid Lindgren - - Factory sealed DVD An enticing, newly illustrated collection of the enduringly popular Pippi stories. Since Pippi Longstocking was first published in 1950, the escapades of the incomparable Pippi,the girl with upside-down braids and no parents to tell her what to do, have delighted boys and girls alike. Now, for the first time, Pippi Longstocking, Pippi Goes on Board, and Pippi in the South Seas are all together in one bumper volume, with new illustrations in full-color and black-and-white.The collection is an ideal introduction for anyone discovering Pippi for the first time, while confirmed fans will enjoy revisiting their favorite episodes and recalling some they've forgotten. Her admirers will also find fascinating new biographical information about author Astrid Lindgren and the origin of the Pippi stories. Astrid Lindgren was awarded the 1958 Hans Christian Andersen Medal for her contribution to international children's literature. List Price:$29.95 Our Price:$22.99

Pippi in the South Seas -Astrid Lindgren - - Shrink-wrapped An enticing, newly illustrated collection of the enduringly popular Pippi stories. Since Pippi Longstocking was first published in 1950, the escapades of the incomparable Pippi,the girl with upside-down braids and no parents to tell her what to do, have delighted boys and girls alike. Now, for the first time, Pippi Longstocking, Pippi Goes on Board, and Pippi in the South Seas are all together in one bumper volume, with new illustrations in full-color and black-and-white.The collection is an ideal introduction for anyone discovering Pippi for the first time, while confirmed fans will enjoy revisiting their favorite episodes and recalling some they've forgotten. Her admirers will also find fascinating new biographical information about author Astrid Lindgren and the origin of the Pippi stories. Astrid Lindgren was awarded the 1958 Hans Christian Andersen Medal for her contribution to international children's literature. List Price:$19.95 Our Price:$14.99

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Pippi Goes to School -Astrid Lindgren - - Puffin Pippi Longstocking has her own special way of doing everything, even going to school. She's not about to walk, she'd rather ride her horse. And Pippi can't be bothered with spelling and math; she's more interested in drawing on the floor and finding out when Christmas vacation starts. Pippi may be ready for school, but is school ready for Pippi? Pippi Goes to School is a great introduction for young children to the wacky, wonderful world of Pippi Longstocking. List Price:$6.99 Our Price:$6.64

Pippi Longstocking -Astrid Lindgren - - Used Book in Good Condition Astrid Lindgren's story of feisty, red-haired Pippi has been given a sparkling new translation by award-winning Tiina Nunnally and engaging pictures by acclaimed Lauren Child. List Price:$27.99 Our Price:$52.95

Karlsson-on-the-Roof -Astrid Lindgren - The adventures of a seven-year-old boy and an extraordinary little man who wears a flying machine on his back. List Price:$3.95 Our Price:

The Children of Noisy Village: 2 -Astrid Lindgren - - Used Book in Good Condition Ten-year-old Lisa tells about her brothers and playmates and the happy times they spend at work and at play in their Swedish village. List Price:$10.95 Our Price:

Bill Bergson, Master -Astrid Lindgren - List Price:$0.75 Our Price:

Mio, My Son -ARRAY(0x30e95b8) - Young Anders is carried away from his bleak life as an unloved foster child in Stockholm, Sweden, to become Mio, son of the King of Farawayland. List Price:$18.95 Our Price:$19.95

Christmas In Noisy Village (Turtleback School & Library Binding Edition) -Astrid Lindgren - - Used Book in Good Condition FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. List Price:$17.20 Our Price:

The Tomten and the Fox -Karl-Erik Forsslund - List Price:$7.99 Our Price:

Pippi Longstocking (Oxford Children's Modern Classics) -Tony Ross - Pippi is nine years old. She lives alone in her own house with a horse and a monkey, and she does exactly as she pleases. Her friends Tommy and Annika are green with envy - but although they have to go to school and go to bed when they are told, they still have time to join Pippi on all her great adventures. Astrid Lindgren's stories about Pippi Longstocking are probably her best-known and best-loved. She began her writing career in 1944 after she won a children's book competition. She has published over forty novels for all ages and has won many awards, including the prestigious Hans Christian Andersen Award and The International Book Award. This new edition of Pippi Longstocking has new cover and inside illustrations by the well-known artist, Tony Ross. List Price: Our Price:$113.88

Remarkable Pippi: Four stories from Pippi Longstocking (SRA Pilot Library IIa, #63) -Astrid Lindgren - List Price: Our Price: