Who rides to school on her horse and refuses to learn spelling? Who goes to class for only one day but still wants Christmas vacation? Why it's Pippi Longstocking, of course! Taken from the longer books by award-winning author Astrid Lindgren, The Pippi Longstocking Storybooks are comprised of some of Pippi's most famous episodes. Not re-written, but simply excerpted with Astrid Lindgren's assistance from the longer full-length novels, this first storybook is perfect for young readers and listeners just getting ready to enter the amazing, unpredictable world of Pippi and her friends. Astrid Lindgren lives in Sweden. Michael Chesworth lives in Connecticut.
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Pippi Longstocking's long red braids are the very image of childhood rebellion. In Pippi Goes to School, our heroine's insurrectionary spirit is hardly dampened by her first taste of academe. Her friends Tommy and Annika head off bright and early at 8 a.m., "hand in hand, swinging their schoolbags." Pippi can't be bothered to get going until a little later: "At exactly ten o'clock she lifted her horse off the front porch, and a little later all the people in the town ran to their windows to see what horse it was that was running away." It's just Pippi headed for school in her own inimitable fashion. The teacher's vain attempts to teach her math and art and music fail miserably. When asked to add 7 and 5, she retorts, "If you don't know that yourself, you needn't think I'm going to tell you." It's not that Pippi's naughty, it's just that she has her own way of doing things. At the end of the day, it's she who's consoling the exhausted teacher: "You understand, Teacher, don't you, that when you have a mother who's an angel and father who's a cannibal king, and when you have sailed on the ocean all your whole life, then you don't know just how to behave in school." This slender paperback picture book is neatly adapted from the Astrid Lindgren classic Pippi Longstocking, with assistance from Lindgren herself. Michael Chesworth's lively, modernized illustrations make clever reference to the original edition, without being slavish. (Ages 4 to 8)--Claire Dederer
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Text: English (translation)
Original Language: Swedish
Original Language: Swedish
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Astrid Lindgren (1907-2002) created the character of Pippi Longstocking to entertain her daughter. Lindgren was awarded the Hans Christian Andersen Medal for her contribution to international children's literature.
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This review is from: Pippi Goes to School (Pippi Longstocking Storybook) (Hardcover)
This is a marvelous way to introduce young readers to the fabulous world of Pippi Longstocking! The illustrations are delightful and the stories are rollicking and full of fun!
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I love the Pippi Longstocking books-- love, love, love. Kids and adults both can enjoy them. I ordered this book hoping for something I hadn't read before, and discovered that it's just an excerpt from the first Pippi Longstocking book.
The complete episode in the original book includes a battle of wits between Pippi and a cruel administrator. This excerpt only includes Pippi driving the poor teacher to distraction, and seems like an endorsement of teacher abuse, rather than the triumph of Pippi's generous spirit over a nasty, narrow-minded system. I'll have to throw it away-- I would never give it to any of the kids I know. I guess I'll have to just get them the whole original.
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A great introduction to the Pippi Longstocking story. We got this book along with Pippi Goes to The Circus, my 7 yr old enjoyed them both.
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ay out at the end of a tiny little town was an old overgrown garden, and in the garden was an old house, and in the house lived Pippi Longstocking. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Villa Villekulla, Pippi Longstocking New!
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ay out at the end of a tiny little town was an old overgrown garden, and in the garden was an old house, and in the house lived Pippi Longstocking. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Villa Villekulla, Pippi Longstocking New!
Concordance | Text Stats Browse Sample Pages:
Front Cover | Front Flap | First Pages | Back Flap | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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