Pippi Longstocking (Hardcover)

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`Lauren Child is so good, it's exhilarating.' The Independent --This text refers to an alternate Hardcover edition.

Product Description

In 1950, Viking published the original English version of Pippi Longstocking, the story of an irrepressible red-haired, freckle-faced girl who lived with a monkey and a horse, slept with her feet on the pillow, and found her way into the hearts of children all over the world. Now, Astrid Lindgren’s best-selling book has been given a sparkling new translation by the awardwinning Tiina Nunnally and delightful full-color illustrations by the critically acclaimed Lauren Child. This large-format gift book is sure to become the definitive edition of a favorite classic.

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Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 9-12
  
• Hardcover: 208 pages
• Publisher: Viking Juvenile (October 4, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0670062766
• ISBN-13: 978-0670062768
• Product Dimensions: 9.8 x 7.6 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (17 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #10,077 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Fresh-Faced Pippi as Delightful as the Original, January 6, 2008

By	Little Willow (USA) - See all my reviews (TOP 1000 REVIEWER)

Over sixty years ago, Astrid Lindgren wrote stories about Pippilotta Viktualia Rullgardina Krusmynta Efraimsdotter Långstrump for her daughter. In 1945, the book Pippi Longstocking was published in Sweden. Five years later, it was published in the USA. In 2007, one hundred years after Lindgren was born, Viking released a new edition of Pippi Longstocking, with a new translation by Tiina Nunnally and new illustrations by Lauren Child.

I really enjoyed this edition. I liked the original novels by Astrid Lindgren when I was younger, and I haven't revisited them in decades, so this was a nice piece of escapism on a Sunday morning. I appreciate the work that went into this book.

I have read many of Lauren Child's books and have come to embrace her style. She uses pieces and patches to create her collages and pictures, an interesting combination of photography and illustration. I think the illustrations in this edition are adorable AND match the text.

This edition also gets kudos for its typesetting. Most of it is straightforward, but every so often - just often enough without being too often - there's a sentence or two that runs backwards or sideways, or there's a bold word or two. This too is Child's style. In this particular book, one of my favorite restructured lines is a sentence about Mr. Nilsson's tail that is actually shaped like a tail. That makes me happy because I like emblematic verse. (You can thank Charles Dodgson for that, because I was first exposed to emblematic verse in his book, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland.)

Translating is never easy, especially when it comes to artistic endeavors such as stories, lyrics, and poems, which are dependent upon language, word choices, and meter. I salute Tiina Nunnally for her translation, which truly preserves the original story.

Kudos again to Tiina Nunnally for translating the original text and to Viking for giving readers a new edition of Pippi to read, to share, and to treasure. If Viking/Nunnally/Child offer editions of the other Pippi books, I will certainly read those as well.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Buy the for the illustration, July 27, 2008

By	Sharon Villines (Washington, DC USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

0670062766 This edition is illustrated by Lauren Child. It has large type and exceptional illustrations. The attached file for the "look inside" feature is absolutely the wrong one as of this writing -- 7/27/2008. I can't find a place to tell Amazon that. The illustrations on this version are unique. The pages are designed around inserted motifs and there are many, many unique full page illustrations. No matter how many other editions of Pippi you have, buy this one too.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Delightful in every way, January 11, 2008

By	B.E. (IL ,United States) - See all my reviews

This book is a perfect combination of a charming, fun story and adorable illustrations. I am a big fan of Lauren Child's so I was thrilled to find this version. My six-year-old twins (boy and girl) loved hearing about Pippi's adventures and have asked for more Pippi stories. My husband and I enjoyed Pippi as well--you can't ask for more from a children's book!