Pippi Longstocking

This book is a larger format - 8 inches by 10, that is fun to read out loud to your kids. The illustrations are colorful and unusual, and many are made out of bits of fabric. They look touchable. The text is fun, too - so many pages have text printed in unusual configurations... coming out of a watering can, for example.

This book is a hoot. Share it with your family.

I am very happy with the quality of this book. The cover is bright and colorful and was bought as a gift for my eight year old niece. If you haven't read Pippi before, you will love the imagination that this book inspires!

I purchased this item from Any Book. It did not have the Tony Ross cover or illustrations as posted on the the store page for the item, but instead has a cover by Michael Chesworth and is illustrated by Louis Glanzman (see attached image)

This is definitely a wonderful story of a strong little girl that can cross the boundaries of generations. I remember loving it, my daughters remember loving it, and now my granddaughters are loving it!!

This paper back copy of Pippi is a classic. I bought this copy to add to my library of books for children who visit my home. It brought back memories of the story I first read many years ago when I was a little girl. It reads very easy. It's a great book. I believe all whom reads it will enjoy it.

I am very happy with this buy. Purchased for my daughter by my girlfriend for Christmas. She remembered enjoying the Pippi Longstocking books and movies as a kid and knew my daughter (10 yrs. old) would love Pippi's adventures too. It arrived well before the estimated arrival date and is in perfect condition. I am usually always a little unsure when ordering soft cover books as I have received them bent before, but I was extremely happy with the condition of this book it is absolutely perfect. I know my daughter is going to love this.

I would not recommend this book for children. It has very strong negative suggestions about of people in different parts of the world. For instance, there is one chapter where Pippi appolizes for lying to her new friends then says it’s because she stayed in the Congo for too long where “there is not single person who tells the truth” (pg. 18). I was horrified as I read this with my 7 year old.

I was born in a village in Turkey but had a family who was obsessed with reading. The story of the little who could do anything if she put her mind to it and also chose to use her powers for the greater good still speaks to me.

I just love purchasing through the store.....it is such a pleasure to click and receive your product in the time that they say you will get it. Many times you get it sooner then they say.
Way to go the store.

I remember this book bring read to me as a first-grader. I'm now anxious to read it to my grand daughter. Pippy Longstocking teaches responsibility while making simple family time wonderfully magic.

This was such a cute book. Pippi is a bit sassy, but a character worth visiting and learning from. My girls begged for this book every night until we finished it. We will probably even read it again!

This was a replacement for a previous book I bought that came with a damaged, torn cover.
The replacement copy also had a damaged cover. I was very disappointed because I planned to give this as a gift.

Found the pages to be a little thin for a 6 year old's hands, she managed to tear the first 4 pages a little bit before learning to be super gentle with it, but it was really cheap and met expectations.

The copy of Pippi arrived promptly. Since it is a Christmas gift, our granddaughter has not read it yet, but she will love the book. She is eight and an avid reader. She will quickly become caught up in Pippi's adventures.

I ordered this because the cover indicated the correct illustrations I was looking for. What a HUGE DISAPPOINTMENT to get a book with a cover that is NOT as advertised!!!!! Huge waste of my time as well to have to package it up and send it back. I cannot express how extremely disappointed I am for not getting the book with illustrations I was led to believe I would get.

I remember the film (not the black and white ones) with fondness. The book though... It's filled with racist remarks (among other things)- probably due to time/place it was written, but still not something I will share with the kids. I had hoped to read it with them but this is definitely a no-go.

Fantasy adventures with the precocious Pippi Longstocking, who falls off her father's pirate ship and washes up in a small coastal town in Florida. Before long she is influencing the local children with her mischief-making and infectious attitude.
My daughter and I enjoyed our reading of Pippi Longstocking! Each evening we took turns reading the hilarious journey Astrid Lindgren set up for us. I once read this as a child, many years ago and remember watching the movie; however, this reading alongside my daughter made the book so much more entertaining. With each giggle and smile, I knew this is one that we will both remember for a long time.

Ah, the fantasy of living on your own without a care in the world, with only a vague sense of responsibilities and the knowledge that your parents died when you were a child. Or were pirates. Or left on an adventure.

Pippi (-lotta Provisionia Gaberdina Dandeliona Ephraimsdaughter) Longstocking was an absolute pleasure to revisit with my child after having not read it since I was a little older than he was. The rambunctious and unpredictable child turned her world into a playground, impulsively exploring and tearing down social conventions that seem to the regular world to be standardized mores of how one should behave and act. To my son, Pippi was a nonsensical leader of young men and women that explored a world using a different lens - the one he would likely see it as when left to his own devices. He was pining for his own Mr. Nilsson when we were done (and seemed willing to pass on her horse).

To me, Pippi is a feminist whose ideals contrast strictly from the rigid society of America and whose stylings in the original Swedish give it a once-removed, foreign, glorified, and romantic sense of what life can be like when we are free to explore and care little for what others think. Furthermore, having been created in Sweden just after the end of World War II, it seems that there was no better time for this book to be written with a world that embraced a newfound energy, freedom, and value for the feminist. She is, in many ways, both the literal and figurative “strongest girl in the world.” Add in some magical realism, and the wonder of the world in childhood (and lack of fear as in the scenario with the robbers), and you have a book that is fit for a wonderful time no matter what age the audience is.

I will likely revisit the other books in the series with my son, and then watch the films. It was a great time revisiting them as an adult. I was also somewhat enthralled with learning in an article that Stieg Larsson modeled Lisbeth Salander after Pippi (which makes total sense), and saddened that Miyazaki was in preproduction of a Pippi film when production was halted when the author rejected the proposal.

An incredible, timeless character. The new illustrations, page layout, and quality of this edition are incredible.

I am a seven year old girl. I think Pippi Longstocking is the best book ever! Its about a nine year old who does not have any parents and her best friends are Tommy and Annika. Pippi is the strongest girl in the WORLD. Pippi has a lot of GOLD and $. She gets in a lot of trouble. And Pippi has really big shoes. I am trying to convince my mom to read it because whenever my mom reads she reads on her phone and I think my mom should read in a book.I think boys, girls and adults should read it. I think it is appropriate for all ages.I also think that Astrid Lindgren should make book two of Pippi Longstocking.

I bought this edition to read to my young daughters because I was enchanted by the pictures, and hey, it said "sparkling new translation". Unfortunately, it loses some of the charm of the older one. I showed it to some Swedish friends of ours, and they agreed -- specifically, the original book itself is a bit old and uses dated Swedish phrasing, so the older English translation seemed more fitting. (Imagine if, say, The Wind in the Willows were updated to sparkling new English!)

Worse, the words haven't been updated just to be more modern -- they're also sanitized. The glaring example throughout is that Pippi's father is no longer King of the Cannibals -- he's now king of the _natives_. That's not just a translation, it's an editorial change.

I recommend getting The Adventures of Pippi Longstocking instead. The translation is better, and it contains all of the stories, not just the first book.

I had been recommended Pipi Longstocking for the longest of time and having seen the movie at some point, I wondered how that would affect it. Quite simply, this is a lovely, warm, whimsical, funny, random and rich tale of a small girl who is actually quite remarkable.

Marked with a sense of random wonder akin to a child, it's a delight to be able to read page after page wondering just what she'll do next. From galloping on her horse in the middle of the night to tossing up an order of the messiest pancakes in existence, if you want a light read to help you go to sleep with a smile and remind you the beauty of pure innocent imagination, by all means, give this book a spin.

I liked this book because it was very funny. For example, at the circus, Pippi, who was a little girl, was challenged to wrestle the mighty Adoff, who was the strongest man in the world. One thing the author did well was she made the book very entertaining. My favorite part was when Pippi wrestled the mighty Adoff. My favorite character was Pippi because she was hilarious. I would recommend this book if you like books that are funny, interesting, and not too short or too long.

Over sixty years ago, Astrid Lindgren wrote stories about Pippilotta Viktualia Rullgardina Krusmynta Efraimsdotter Långstrump for her daughter. In 1945, the book Pippi Longstocking was published in Sweden. Five years later, it was published in the USA. In 2007, one hundred years after Lindgren was born, Viking released a new edition of Pippi Longstocking, with a new translation by Tiina Nunnally and new illustrations by Lauren Child.

I really enjoyed this edition. I liked the original novels by Astrid Lindgren when I was younger, and I haven't revisited them in decades, so this was a nice piece of escapism on a Sunday morning. I appreciate the work that went into this book.

I have read many of Lauren Child's books and have come to embrace her style. She uses pieces and patches to create her collages and pictures, an interesting combination of photography and illustration. I think the illustrations in this edition are adorable AND match the text.

This edition also gets kudos for its typesetting. Most of it is straightforward, but every so often - just often enough without being too often - there's a sentence or two that runs backwards or sideways, or there's a bold word or two. This too is Child's style. In this particular book, one of my favorite restructured lines is a sentence about Mr. Nilsson's tail that is actually shaped like a tail. That makes me happy because I like emblematic verse. (You can thank Charles Dodgson for that, because I was first exposed to emblematic verse in his book, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland.)

Translating is never easy, especially when it comes to artistic endeavors such as stories, lyrics, and poems, which are dependent upon language, word choices, and meter. I salute Tiina Nunnally for her translation, which truly preserves the original story.

Kudos again to Tiina Nunnally for translating the original text and to Viking for giving readers a new edition of Pippi to read, to share, and to treasure. If Viking/Nunnally/Child offer editions of the other Pippi books, I will certainly read those as well.

Beautiful and wonderful tale! In fact, from the very first pages of this is redheaded girl named Pippi, conquers his spontaneity. Yes, she is spontaneous, sociable and most importantly, she will stand up for friends, anyway. Indeed, the Swedish writer Astrid Lindgren created the image of the individual and at the same time vulnerable girls. Arriving in a quiet town, she immediately becomes the center of attention. Her hot temper quickens the life of ordinary people and the fun begins the adventure. This book I recommend to all children and their parents. This tale full of humor, is full of goodness and many wise counsel. Thank you!

I avoided reading these books all my life; they just struck me as being too "weird."
So my sister took matters in her own hands and brought the first book over to read to my kids, ages 4 and 7. They adored it! They were practically rolling on the floor with the adventures of the super-strong Pippi and her almost systematic campaign against authority or logic of any kind. They were equally enthralled by her companions, the monkey Mr. Nilsson, her horse, and the neighbourhood children, Tommy and Annika. Other characters in the story, including teachers, truant officers and burglars, are always delightfully stymied by the friendly, earnest but wily Pippi.
Indeed, the first book was quickly followed by two more and the kids loved every single minute of it.
I only regret putting off reading this book - I was a parent for over 15 years before we discovered this classic, and I'd highly recommend that nobody else make the same mistake!

To my mind, Pippi Longstocking is perhaps the world's first child superhero. Able to lift strong policemen with her bare hands! Capable of climbing tall houses and trees with virtually no effort at all! Rescuing children from burning buildings and adults from snobby talk! If, like myself, you were a child of the 1980s then your first exposure to Miss Longstocking probably came in the form of that gawdawful movie circa 1988. Words alone cannot express the damage that film did to the youth of America. After watching it I avoided the book "Pippi Longstocking" like it was the plague itself. Only recently have I recanted and decided to read Astrid Lindgren's classic tale. As charming as it is outright bizarre I charge all of you to take the time to find and devour this little Swedish gem. Pippi's a pip, no question.

Working at wish fulfillment on about ten different levels, Pippi is the ultimate kid's kid. She lives all alone in a large fantastic house. Her mother died while she was but a babe and her father has been lost at sea. As optimistic regarding her father's return as Primrose Squarp in "Everything On a Waffle", Pippi fills her days with dancing, pancakes, and games. She owns a whole suitcase of gold coins, which allow her the freedom to live alone and untended. On top of that, she has her own monkey (the drolly named Mr. Nilsson) and horse. The neighbor children Annika and Tommy think (rightly so) that Pippi's a wonder. She never attends school or bothers with all the problems other children suffer. Instead, she has her own unique perspective on life and the people around her. Though precocious she's never mean, even when dealing with bullies or criminals.

The book, originally published in American in 1950, is a wonder. Though I'm certain other illustrators have done a fair job, I highly recommend that you seek out an edition illustrated by the talented Louis S. Glanzman. His Pippi is just as fabulous as you might hope her to be. I've always minded those Pippi's that seem a little too lanky or tough. This Pippi is just mischief incarnate. While you're out seeking an edition of this book illustrated by Glanzman, also make certain that the translation has been done by Florence Lamborn. There were some moments of trans-atlantic interpretation that just blew me away. For example, when confronted by evil bullies numerous in number, the biggest and meanest of them eyes Pippi and says, "boys, let Willie alone and take a look at this girl. What a babe!". Obviously that phrase must've meant something entirely different in 1950, but I was incredibly amused by it just the same. Other funny moments caught my eye. For one thing, Pippi and her friends are forever drinking coffee. Not given the "adult drink" status it has in the states, coffee is definitely the drink of choice of Swedish youth. And there was also the difficulty the translator had with verbal puns. Some of these had to be worked around by explaining what a word means in English. Without these explanations the book's jokes would fall flat.

Finally, my favorite chapter of the book. It was the chapter in which Pippi is invited to a fancy coffee party (see what I meant about kids and coffee?). Pippi attempts desperately to mix and mingle appropriately with the middle-aged lady guests there. When the women start putting down their hired help, Pippi is more than eager to tell multiple increasingly bizarre stories of her grandmother's servant Malin. The ways in which Pippi tells Milan tales becomes more and more extreme until at the end she screams towards the women from the other end of the block, "SHE NEVER SWEPT UNDER THE BEDS". I think you'll have to read the chapter yourself to see just how increasingly hilarious it becomes. It's fabulous stuff.

Every country has its resident red headed heroine. Canada has Anne of Green Gables. America has Caddie Woodlawn. Sweden has Pippi Longstocking. She's the greatest thing since sliced bread and twice as perky. For a fabulous romp through the increasingly ridiculous, I more than recommend this quirky spunky fan-freakin'-tastic book. It hasn't aged a jot.

Over sixty years ago, Astrid Lindgren wrote stories about Pippilotta Viktualia Rullgardina Krusmynta Efraimsdotter Långstrump for her daughter. In 1945, the book Pippi Longstocking was published in Sweden. Five years later, it was published in the USA. In 2007, one hundred years after Lindgren was born, Viking released a new edition of Pippi Longstocking, with a new translation by Tiina Nunnally and new illustrations by Lauren Child.

I really enjoyed this edition. I liked the original novels by Astrid Lindgren when I was younger, and I haven't revisited them in decades, so this was a nice piece of escapism on a Sunday morning. I appreciate the work that went into this book.

I have read many of Lauren Child's books and have come to embrace her style. She uses pieces and patches to create her collages and pictures, an interesting combination of photography and illustration. I think the illustrations in this edition are adorable AND match the text.

This edition also gets kudos for its typesetting. Most of it is straightforward, but every so often - just often enough without being too often - there's a sentence or two that runs backwards or sideways, or there's a bold word or two. This too is Child's style. In this particular book, one of my favorite restructured lines is a sentence about Mr. Nilsson's tail that is actually shaped like a tail. That makes me happy because I like emblematic verse. (You can thank Charles Dodgson for that, because I was first exposed to emblematic verse in his book, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland.)

Translating is never easy, especially when it comes to artistic endeavors such as stories, lyrics, and poems, which are dependent upon language, word choices, and meter. I salute Tiina Nunnally for her translation, which truly preserves the original story.

Kudos again to Tiina Nunnally for translating the original text and to Viking for giving readers a new edition of Pippi to read, to share, and to treasure. If Viking/Nunnally/Child offer editions of the other Pippi books, I will certainly read those as well.

I had vague, but fond memories of Pippi. This was a fine revisit as an adult, but I do sort of now understand why my mom seemed annoyed by Pippi. It's too bad _Pippi Goes on Board_ and _Pippi in the South Seas_ aren't available from Audible, especially since there aren't Kindle editions of those. Christina Moore was a pretty good narrator.

This review has been provided by the kids in my book club:

This book is about Pippi, her pets, and her friends. Pippi is a 9 year old, friendly girl who makes her own rules and lives by herself. Everyday is a new adventure for her. The book is a series of short stories about her entertaining adventures. Though Pippi misbehaves sometimes in the book and has really weird habits, she still has a very good heart and saves lives.

Some kids found the stories to be old-fashioned and too unbelievable. But otherwise, the majority of the kids said 5 stars for the book. We recommend this book for 6 to 10 year olds.

I used to want to be her. I always wanted to read the book version (seen 60s and 80s versions). My one problem now that I'm a grown up is that Pippi is a compulsive liar and they never try to help her. She also encourages a lot of bad behavior. No wonder why my mom hated my obsession with her as a child and stopped me from watching all the movies. The good part however of Pippi that I learned as a child was that I was not afraid of what other people though and embraced my individuality and uniqueness as she did, so for that I am thankful! It's just a shame it took me this long to read her book and in a way I feel unsatisfied and feel sorry for her. It's one of those books that when you are reading it you go, "Oh no!!" continuously.

ISBN 0590016555 - Every time I read this story, I think of those poor parents who think every book their child reads needs to send the "right" message - and Pippi's far from that right message! And that's everything I like about her.

Pippi's mother is an angel, her father is a ship's captain who was lost at sea - Pippi believes he's become a cannibal king. She moves into the home that her father had meant for them to live in together, Villa Villekulla, and starts shaking things up for her new neighbors, Tommy and Annika. Pippi is stronger than the strongest man in the universe, doesn't attend school, tells fantastic tall tales and generally does whatever she chooses. She's as funny as you remember her being!

Pippi's always been a bit of the female Peter Pan, but instead of living away from the world, she lives alone IN the world. Message stories are great but, every now and then, a little silliness is more important and Pippi is certainly silly!

- AnnaLovesBooks

Pippi Longstocking is frequently one of the first chapter books read to children, and as a first grade teacher, I can attest to the value of its choice. Pippi is a larger than life character who does so many things that young children find absolutely wonderful and satisfying. * * * * * * * * * * * Pippi, an *orphan* with braids askew, lives all by herself at Villa Villekulla. Her only companions are her monkey and a horse (who lives on her porch).Children get to know Pippi through Annika and Tommy, *proper* children who live next door. Pippi looks at things as obliquely as her braids; she usually sees the positive side of things, unless she is requested to go to school or learn the multiplication tables. She has her own ideas about things, and simply cannot be made to follow the rules, but her way of disobeying is amusing and quite chathartic for children who ALWAYS have to follow the rules that adults make. She does not inspire kids to break the rules;she just makes them laugh with glee at her absurdity. She has *powers* that they adore!

It really pains me to give this beautiful book only 2 stars. We are huge Pippi fans AND Charlie and Lola fans, so I really, really wanted to love this book. As other reviewers have mentioned though, the updated translation may conform with modern sensibilities, but it is a bore. We are usually laughing out loud as we read Pippi, but with this version, we went 3 chapters with barely a snicker. My apologies to the translator (I know it is a very hard job), but the humor has been completely translated out.

My 4-year-old son and I had lots of fun with this. Pippi is outrageous, fun-loving, irreverent, and good-hearted--just like many children, only more so. The book is a quick and not too challenging read, mainly because it addresses themes and ways of thinking that are distinctly childish. The main theme, repeated throughout, is how Pippi enjoys herself in spite of (even oblivious to) physical resistance or social convention, setting up absurd situations that obviously appeal to children (and lots of adults, too).

It's mainly a storybook. After the first chapter, it wouldn't matter much what order you read the stories in, although one point of continuity is that the children get to know Pippi better, as do the townspeople.

Although it's an excellent book and well deserves its status as a classic, it really wasn't among my top favorites. This is mainly because Pippi and her antics more or less represents a gimmick, and the gimmick, though well executed, does get old after a while (at least, for this adult).

This 1940's story is somewhat dated and admittedly corny in places, but kids 6-11 can relate to the amazing antics of the spunky title character. By the 1940's books were finally being written for children--for sheer entertainment--as opposed to being boringly instructive and preachy. Most female characters (human and animal) were portrayed as silly or weak in mind and/or body, at least compared with their male counterparts. Thus the PIPPI books represent a breath of literary fresh air, which was truly appreciated 70 years ago.

All children can admire the unique heroine, a Swedish mighty-mite: at 9 Pippi sports long braids, freckles and saucy knee socks, but she lives alone (without adult supervision) with just her pet monkey--quite unique for Scandinavia. "Normal" neighbor children are amazed by her incredible strength and daring creativity. Modern elementary kids will instantly recognize that her exploits are pure fantasy, but they remain delightful escapist fare decades later. Pippi opens the doors of adventure to the stereotyped siblings, Tommy and Annika. Her exuberance is all part of her charm, so let your inner child out and invite today's young readers to indulge. A real imagination-builder for kids of all ages. Hey, why should Kids have all the fun anyway?

who cares that pippi longstocking is for 9 year olds? I'm 15 and I loooove this book. Pippi takes her friends Annika and Tommy on many adventure, all of which are so funny. she goes to school to learn 'pluttifikation' but then decides school is not for her. she plays tag with the policemen trying to take her to a childrens home, and, my personal favorite, she dances with the burgulars trying to take her money. Pippi is really strong, and there are funny parts where she suprises people with that talent. I don't care how old you are, you really should read this book. Or better yet, buy it so you can read it over and over again!

I thought I would buy a copy of Lindgren’s first Pippi book for a grandchild who now is about the same age as I was when I first took delight in the mischievously capricious Swedish pre-adolescent. It was a good idea to reread the book, especially in view of the references Pippi makes to her father being the king of the cannibals. Also I wondered how the English translation stacked up compared to the Swedish original.

The cannibal reference appears in the first chapter. It has received much controversy, most of it undeserved when directed against Lindgren who wrote successfully for the mindset of Scandinavians three generations ago. Black people were so obscure in Nordic society seventy years ago that when one did appear he/she would be an object of great curiosity. Whispers and rumours would abound. Blacks were exotic. As I recall, most children interpreted the concept of cannibalism as a whimsical exaggeration of black culture mythology (or some such mindset). The idea of one human being eating another human was exceedingly was funny because of course that could never happen in real life.

These days, however, children live in a very different world and I believe there is a moral and ethical reason for some children’s literature authored years ago to be changed to weed out racial and cultural biases. Or, failing that, at least try to explain and clarify, by insertions or footnotes, what the author originally intended. As an example, consider the word “gay.” Fifty or a hundred years ago an author might use that word in reference to being cheerful. Today it will primarily refer to sexual orientation. New editions of children’s books should strive to reflect modern sensitivities.

As far as the readability of this English interpretation of Pippi, for the modern child, is concerned, I was not convinced that it would fascinate and entertain. There are quite a number of quaint words of objects and concepts that will be incomprehensible to the digitally raised, 21st century child. Much of the irony will not be understood. Pippi’s behaviour, her antics, her lies, her self-centredness, can be endearing but I’m afraid many children will simply label them as boringly stupid. My grandchild will not have to struggle with this book which I found to now be culturally antiquated. I apologize to my Swedish cousins.

I somehow missed reading this as a child, but my own children and I enjoyed it. I wonder if Pippi could have been part of the inspiration for Willy Wonka? In any case, a big bonus of this book is that the chapters are perfect read-aloud length...unlike certain other chapter books I can think of....

I read my first Pippi Longstocking book in 1983 when I was eight years old, and although I'm now twenty five, she still makes me laugh. She is such a free spirit - she lives alone except for a horse and a monkey, says what she thinks, does whatever comes into her mind, no matter how ridiculous it is, she can laugh at herself, and she enjoys life. But the reason why I hold her in such regard now I'm an adult is that although she says and does whatever her heart desires, it's never done at the expense of anyone else's feelings.

What child doesn't sometimes dream of being on their own, free from the rules of adults and able to do exactly what they please? Pippi Longtockings invites children into that very world, her world, where anything goes. Living on her own with a horse as a house pet and a monkey named Mr. Nilsson, Pippi turns convention upside down, along with most of the town! With pirate's gold for money and plenty to do and see, Pippi quickly captures the hearts of two neighbor children, and together they embark on a series of hilarious antics to the chagrin of adults everywhere. This freckled face red head is not only a hero to children around the world, but strongly appeals to the child inside all of us. Pippi seems a valiant reminder that the world is, ultimately, what we make it, and that some rules are made to be broken. I would recommend this book as a must read for everyone, regardless of how young or old you might be. If she hasn't already, Pippilotta Delicatessa Windowshade Mackrelmint Efraim's Daughter Longstocking is sure to quicky capture a piece of your heart as well.

Astrid Lindgren's classic story is still fun to read after all these years. At times the themes are a bit dated and hokey, but for the most part Pippi is a fun tale. Pippi is a funny character: her naivite and earnestness (plus her super strength) offer constant contrasts and commentary on "normal" society. Sometimes, Pippi seems silly, and sometimes ordinary folk do. Either way, the result is often funny. My 5 year old girl in 2008 enjoyed the book, perhaps as much as her grandmother, who heard the tale in the 1940s. I thought it was just all right, but the ongoing pleasure of little kids seems to keep this story alive.

To be fair, if there were a 3.5 star rating, I'd have chosen that one. Pippi is one heckuva lotta fun. Who can resist a 9-year-old girl who lives in a big house with a monkey, a horse and a suitcase full of money? That's right, no parents! How cool is that!? And then there's Pippi's super-strength. She's an irresistible character.

Though the writing is solid, I wish there were more of a story here. Y'know, let's solve the mystery or find that certain something or expose this nasty person for who he/she really is. But, similar to Stuart Little (but Pippi is much better), the book is simply a series of somewhat unrelated adventures. I like a clear A to B to C in my fiction. Still, it's a good time.

If you haven't introduced your kids to Pippi, they're missing out! I loved Pippi as a kid. She was so outrageously funny. She got away with all kinds of nonsense and had the most amazing adventures. So when I read it again, as a parent this time, I was happy to find that they were just as good as I remembered. My 8 year old laughs and laughs at Pippi. This is a great book to read aloud. My favorite part is Pippi's hilarious tall tales about people she has known. A Classic!

"Sparkling new English translation" is another way of saying, "we have dumbed this story down for your kids". How are children ever to become truly literate without being exposed to the fun of using higher level language? Pippi has survived this abuse- but this is not the version I would buy if I could do it again.

For years, I've enjoyed reading, re-reading, and re-re-reading Pippi Longstocking and the three other books that follow it. This is one of the very few children's books that are, very necessarily, a staple of any good childhood. Pippi allows every child, whether it be in age, or in heart, to live out fantasies of going to the ends of the earth and of having fun adventures from which they'll always come out on top, with Pippi leading the way. Though there were few books in the series, especially compared to most other children's series, the powerful words contained within their covers more than compensate for this, raising your imagination to new heights.
I have only one message for anyone reading this: BUY THIS BOOK. Whether or not you have children, this is an exciting, completely irreverent, and just plain fun story that will have you laughing and dreaming just like a kid--again. :)

I was looking to introduce my 3.5 year old and 5.5 year old to chapter books "with out pictures"(!!!). I chose Pippi Longstocking as our first book. They loved it! They were excited to go to bed each night, ready for the light to go off and mommy or daddy to read to them with a flash light. I reccomend this book, even for 3 year olds.

I did have to change a few of the words so they would know what I was talking about, but there was no problems

0670062766 This edition is illustrated by Lauren Child. It has large type and exceptional illustrations. The attached file for the "look inside" feature is absolutely the wrong one as of this writing -- 7/27/2008. I can't find a place to tell the store that. The illustrations on this version are unique. The pages are designed around inserted motifs and there are many, many unique full page illustrations. No matter how many other editions of Pippi you have, buy this one too.

My 6 year old daughter who is an independent reader was really looking forward to reading this new version of Pippi Longstocking. She absolutely loves the books translated by Marianne Turner and is also a fan of the Charlie and Lola stories. After a morning reading in the bean bag she complained that the new version is "boring". Not happy about the substitute of the "Thing-searcher" for the "Turnupstuffer" and many other examples. Like other reviewers I believe some of the charm for young readers has been lost in the translation.

This book is wonderful but what is really fantastic about this one in particular is that the illustrations are beautifully done - amazingly well done in a style that reminds me a bit of Eric Carle books. The illustrations enhanced the experience of the book for me and my 7 year old!

Pippi is a delightful classic, and I just love Lauren Child's illustrations. They are quirky and fun. This book is lovely for kids and just as enjoyable for adults. Child has a distinctive style of illustrating, which includes some collages and upside down sentences in the text that go along with Pippi's charm. This is a beautiful edition of an old favorite.

I thought that Pippi Longstocking was an excellent book. It was very exciting and full of adventure. I thought that it was cool that she had a monkey for a pet. I also liked that she lived alone, being a nine year old girl, yet she could take care of herself. If Pippi wasn't out making trouble she was at home cooking on the kitchen floor. She does everything that comes her way. She has a very high self-esteem and she is almost always up to something, whether it be dancing with the robbers or talking about her grandmother's housekeeper, Malin. I would recommend this book to older elementary students. They would have a fun time reading all the crazy things Pippi does.

Astrid Lindgren has passed away at the age of 94, but she will always be remembered as one of the best children's authors.
Pippi Longstocking (Pippi Långstrump in Swedish) is a delightful tale of a young girl who lives only with her horse and monkey, while taking care of herself using her wits and wackiness. After meeting the children next door, she opens their eyes to a whole new way of seeing things.
Their stuffy parents are appalled with the way the girl lives alone (her uncle is a ship captain), so they try to get the government involved in her care-taking. Leave it to Pippi to find a way out of a jam!
Children will love this tale for it's silliness, and its smart thinking!

As a child, I read and enjoyed the Pippi Longstocking books. Now, as a teacher and director of a school, can have these wonderful, uninhibited stories read by students. And these are not just any students they are Taiwanese ESL students. The ideas of freedom, self-moderation, regulation, and disregard of what others think of your nonconformist good intentions hit a resonant note with them. These are still great books for pre and early teen readers. (Older readers can enjoy reading them to even younger children.)

This is such a wonderful story and so well written. I read it to my 6 year old daughter a little each night and she loved hearing about Pippi's adventures. This is one of those books that I'm sure my daughter will remember always as being one of her favorites. Lauren Child's illustrations help make the book seem more enjoyable.

i`m 30 now.whenever the pressure of life or job or anything which may happen in adults lives keeps pressing on me i return to my pippi books. i live in those shiny pages,run with pippi, shout with pippi, dance with her and her lovely daddy and all darkness around me disappears.she takes me back to my innocence days in which watching an apple or playing with an ant was giving me the greatest joy of life.
in this way astrid and pippi are my always and sweet friends.
regards,
bess garner

This book is a perfect combination of a charming, fun story and adorable illustrations. I am a big fan of Lauren Child's so I was thrilled to find this version. My six-year-old twins (boy and girl) loved hearing about Pippi's adventures and have asked for more Pippi stories. My husband and I enjoyed Pippi as well--you can't ask for more from a children's book!

The book is a classic and I love it but it definitely is not reading material for a 1st grader. I bought this for Christmas (although the store promised to get it here by then and it came December 27th) I will give it to my daugher for her 7yr b-day.

I used to watch the Pippi Longstocking movie over and over again when I was younger. The book was okay, but it didn't have a lot of substance, even for a middle grade book. Pippi is not exactly the best role model.

The story is good but perhaps a bit boring for children under 7 or 8 years of age. The narrator of the audiobook does a decent job but is not as lively as other narrators I have heard and unfortunately grossly mispronounces the name of one of the three main characters (which, given the number of times she is mentioned, becomes galling).

I do just adore this book. I've always loved Pippi, but reading again with my kids has been so much fun. And I love the illustrations in this one. They're familiar to my kids b/c of the Charlie and Lola series, so they are drawn to them. really awesome book.

My children and I loved the stories. Watch out for the last story however. The generous Pippi shares guns with her friends. I had to explain to my six year old that this is from a different time in a different country and that she should never ever touch a gun.

I'm no literature aficionado... and I know this is an oldey but goodie... but my son didn't understand it because he respects authority and can't even fathom why this girl does what she does... he said it was totally boring. He had to read it for school, so he did and that's done. As an aside, he loves mysteries and reads those books by the dozens.

Even as a kid, I remember getting bored with Pippi quickly. Unless I'm not recalling correctly, each chapter stands alone, so there's no real plot as such. The other thing that bothered me was that the author bothered to create a defiant, irreverant, spunky girl hero, yet her two friends are stereotypically male and female, to the extent that they don't even have personalities--they're just cardboard cutouts, foils for the main character. Not only is Annika fearful, hesitant, afraid of risking adult disapproval, and not wanting to get her dress dirty, but she's not in the least influenced by Pippi to be more adventurous. Lindgren sold lots of books but to my mind didn't accomplish much. Unlike Caddie Woodlawn, this protagonist is too far out in left field to truly inspire girls.

I need to figure out how to return this book- It came to me later than I expected , not only that , but in the description it said it was in good condition. NOT THE CASE. Pages are dirty , some have water damage.. I am pretty disappointed .

It's funny but it doesnt take the reader in me all the way to the end. One chapter, two the most, then the books gets boring. There is no continuity to the story. It's a bit like watching it on tv episode by episode. I'd say I'm disappointed!

Pippi does all sorts of things that children wish that they could do - live on her own without anyone to tell her what to do, throw food, skip school, go to bed whenever she wants, make messes and never clean them up, drink coffee, stuff herself with cookies, have a pet horse and monkey, etc. etc.

However, I found it concerning how the book portrayed Pippi as a heroine for being disrespectful to authority, for bullying a little girl, and for constantly telling lies. There aren't any repercussions for these actions - on the contrary she gets out of trouble and becomes the most popular girl in school using these tactics. The book also makes all adults look incompetent. For these reasons, parents may want to read this book together with their children and discuss the difference between the real world and Pippi's fantasy world. Or they may want to skip it and choose from the many other fun and silly books that don't glorify bad behavior, like Mrs. Piggle Wiggle or McBroom's Wonderful One-Acre Farm.

I read this book as a child and had fond memories of it. Many of the book's scenes had stayed with me, equal to those of other books I had loved as a child, including basically anything written by Roald Dahl, as well as books by authors like Sachar and Ingalls Wilder and C.S. Lewis. I have been rereading many of these to my own children, and enjoying all of it very much, and was eager to do the same with Pippi Longstocking.

Unfortunately, there was no pleasure in rereading this book. In fact, it was an agony. There is no underlying narrative; each chapter is an isolated episode, and each isolated episode beggars the imagination with its stupidity. I could barely finish reading many of the chapters, becoming so bored and annoyed with how nonsensical and predictable Pippi's hijinks were, that I had to strain to keep from lashing out in irritation. I finished many a chapter in a monotone uttered through clenched teeth, and tonight, though on the last chapter, I had to stop halfway through, procrastinating the last half till tomorrow (setting aside the book entirely would, interestingly, elicit objections from my girls). There is simply no point to any of it, except maybe to show you how weird Pippi is. But the weirdness is purposeless.

I don't understand quite why my adult experience of this book is so polar to my childhood one, and I realize my perspective will not be useful to or shared by everyone. But I am writing because I retain the love for most of the books I read as a child and have considered it a joy to introduce my children to them, except (so far) for this one is a extreme outlier. I can't be alone, and wish there had been someone out there, some lone but convincing 1-★ review, to ward me off and save me the $7. I will be happy if I serve that role for just one person.

A book that is aimed at young girls, but is a kid's book in general. The young P L lives by herself, and has plenty of money. (Ok, well, she does have a monkey, so points for that).

Basically, she goes around having a good time, and causing havoc for any nogoodniks that get in her way.