Pippi Longstocking

Author: Astrid Lindgren

Illustrator: Lauren Child

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Translator: Tiina Nunnally

COLLECTION

Literature

THEMES

Around the World Friendship

YEAR GROUP

Years 3 and 4

BOOK TYPE

Corebooks

A modern classic about the strongest girl in the world who lives in Villekula Cottage with only her horse and the monkey Mr Nelson for company. She soon leads the neighbouring children Tommy and Annika into many adventures. Astrid Lindgren is one of the best loved authors in the world and this freshly translated edition was published to mark the centenary of her birth with new illustrations which show off Pippi's independent and confident ways.

Also illustrated by Lauren Child: Pippi Goes Aboard (9780192775078), Oxford University Press £20

Mini Grey has also recently illustrated the Pippi Longstocking stories:

Pippi Longstocking (9780192776310), Oxford University Press £5.99

Pippi Longstocking Goes Aboard (9780192776327), Oxford University Press £5.99

Pippi Longstocking in the South Seas (9780192776334), Oxford University Press £5.99

For information about the author's life, see Astrid Lindgren (Little People, Big Dreams) by Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara, illustrated by Linzie Hunter (9781786037626, Frances Lincoln £9.99)