“Tell me a story,” begged 7-year-old Karin, who was bedridden with pneumonia. “Tell me about Pippi Longstocking.” Her mother creatively complied, and a few years later when she was ...

You probably know her better as Pippi Longstocking. And this year, on 21 May 2020, the most famous creation of Swedish author Astrid Lindgren will celebrate her 75th birthday. First published in ...

If you turn to Astrid Lindgren’s wartime journals curious to learn about the origins of her famous literary creation—the rule-defying supergirl named Pippi Longstocking—you may at first feel ...

Created by Astrid Lindgren (1907-2002), the "Pippi Longstocking" series of kids' books was inspired by a story that the Swedish writer made up for her daughter, who was sick and off school one ...

The former home of children's book writer Astrid Lindgren, known internationally for the Pippi Longstocking series, is being opened to the public — except for children. Starting Saturday ...

Robyn Williams: The unflappable Pippi Longstocking. Millions of children have grown up on her adventures, and in Stockholm I had the privilege of meeting her creator, Astrid Lindgren, who has now ...

The three titles will be published by Listening Library this spring, in honor of late author Astrid Lindgren’s 80th birthday. The upcoming series includes the original Pippi Longstocking novel ...

This playful and quirky solo storytelling performance, with audience participation, introduces children to Astrid Lindgren’s much-loved Pippi Longstocking, ‘the strongest girl in the world’. Created ...

The best-selling author of How to Train Your Dragon, Cressida Cowell, explains her love for the Swedish author, Astrid Lindgren. Born in 1907, Lindgren invented the Pippi Longstocking stories to ...