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Astrid Lindgren
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English
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The beloved story of a spunky young girl and her hilarious escapades.
Tommy and his sister Annika have a new neighbor, and her name is Pippi Longstocking. She has crazy red pigtails, no parents to tell her what to do, a horse that lives on her porch, and a pet monkey named Mr. Nilsson. Whether Pippi’s scrubbing her floors, doing arithmetic, or stirring things up at a fancy tea party, her flair for the outrageous always...
Tommy and his sister Annika have a new neighbor, and her name is Pippi Longstocking. She has crazy red pigtails, no parents to tell her what to do, a horse that lives on her porch, and a pet monkey named Mr. Nilsson. Whether Pippi’s scrubbing her floors, doing arithmetic, or stirring things up at a fancy tea party, her flair for the outrageous always...
3) The Tomten
Author
Publisher
Coward, McCann & Geoghegan
Pub. Date
[1968?]
Language
English
Description
Tomten the troll moves about a farm on a winter's night.
Author
Publisher
R & S
Pub. Date
c1991.
Language
English
Description
It's the last day of school before Christmas and snow is falling heavily. Johan heads to school on his sled, but he can't stop thinking about the terrible thing that happened yesterday -- his family's only cow died, and they have no money to buy another. Rich farmer Peter Jonsson has come to town today for the Christmas market. He buys a calf then, after spending some time in the local inn, loses it on the sleigh ride home! When Johan heads out to...
Author
Publisher
R&S Books
Pub. Date
1991.
Language
English
Description
From the author of Pippi Longstocking comes a story of Lotta, a charming five-year-old, who cannot imagine Easter without the chocolate eggs that the Easter bunny always brings. But, since the only candy store in town has closed for good, that is what may happen. Unless, of course, Lotta can save the day....
Author
Publisher
Puffin
Pub. Date
c1964.
Language
English
Description
The noisy children of three neighboring families are celebrating the season by baking cookies, cutting and decorating trees, eating fruitcake and tarts, and opening Christmas gifts. With illustrations by Ilon Wikland, the master storyteller Astrid Lindgren takes us through Christmas in the Noisy Village!
Author
Series
Pippi Longstocking storybook volume 2
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
[1957]
Language
English
Description
Outrageous Pippi Longstocking has no parents around and no rules to follow, so she lives according to her own daredevilish ways. She's been treating her friends Tommy and Annika to wild adventures, too--like buying and eating seventy-two pounds of candy, or sailing off to an island in the middle of a lake to see what it's like to be shipwrecked. But then Pippi's long lost father returns, and she might have to leave Villa Villekulla! From the Hans...
10) Mirabelle
Author
Publisher
R&S
Pub. Date
2003.
Language
English
Description
A classic tale from the beloved Astrid Lindgren Six-year-old Britta very much wants a doll, but her parents can't afford one. One evening an odd little old man arrives driving a horse and cart. Britta opens the gate for him, and he thanks her by giving her a little yellow seed, with instructions to plant it, water it, and she'll see something very funny. To her astonishment, a doll begins to grow in her garden After harvesting, Britta learns that...
Author
Series
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
1997.
Language
English
Description
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, andPippi in the South Seas are all together in one bumper volume, with new illustrations in full-color...
Author
Series
Pippi Longstocking storybook volume 3
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
1959.
Language
English
Description
Any reappearance of the irrepressible Pippi Longstocking is cause for celebration. This installment is no exception.
Language
English
Description
When Pippi Longstocking learns South Sea pirates have kidnapped her father, she sets off on a daring rescue mission. Naturally she takes her inseparable friends Tommy and Annika along with her. Braving the long and dangerous journey, the heroic trio plot an explosive prison-break for Pippi's dad. But will any of them escape from Taka-Tuka Island and the clutches of Blood-Svente and his crew of bungling buccaneers?
20) Pippi on the run
Pub. Date
2005
Language
English
Description
Fed up with their parents' rules, Pippi's friends decide to run away from home. They venture into the Swedish countryside with Pippi and her horse, encountering fun along the way.