The reading from Pippi in the South Seas, is by Suzette Williams. The reading and interview with Astrid Lindgren were first broadcast on The Science Show in April 1991.

Paddington duo Studiocanal and David Heyman are teaming with the Astrid Lindgren Company to develop a movie based on the classic Pippi Longstocking story. Jeffrey Clifford and Rosie Alison will ...

In 1944, Astrid Lindgren presented Karin with a special 10th birthday gift: a typed and bound version of the adventures of Pippi Longstocking.

This year marks the 75th anniversary of Pippi Longstocking, the most popular character of Swedish author and activist Astrid Lindgren. Harriet Marsden speaks to Lindgren’s family, fans – and ...

The classic character from the children’s book by late Swedish Author Astrid Lindgren was last made into a movie in 1988 – The New Adventures Of Pippi Longstocking – and we finally get to ...

Just in time for what would have been her 108th birthday on Saturday, Astrid Lindgren's family is opening her home to the public, but surprisingly not to children.

Popular Swedish author Astrid Lindgren, creator of the freckle-faced, free-spirited Pippi Longstocking, died on Monday at the age of 94. Reaching into her childhood memories of the Swedish ...

Astrid Ericsson Lindgren, the self-described “mother” of freckled Pippi Longstocking whose prodigious writing includes some 115 books, a dozen plays, two dozen screenplays, plus songs and ...

Monday, January 28th 2002, 12:00 am By: News On 6 STOCKHOLM, Sweden (AP) _ Popular children's writer Astrid Lindgren, creator of the braided, freethinking Pippi Longstocking, died Monday. She was 94.

You do not need to be a fan of the books to enjoy this film, though. “Becoming Astrid” is not the story of how "Pippi Longstocking" was written or Astrid Lindgren’s rise to fame.