Pippi's After-Christmas Party [Hardcover]

Astrid Lindgren (Author), Stephen Keeler (Translator)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 1, 1996 | Age Level: 4 and up

When Pippi Longstocking hosts an After-Christmas party, Tommy, Annika, and their friends do not know what to expect, but the day is made as Pippi welcomes a new kid, rescues a lost dog, and exasperates crabby Mrs. Finkvist.

Editorial Reviews

From Booklist

Ages 5^-7. When Pippi Longstocking throws an after-Christmas party one night, the children delight in Pippi's way of celebrating: they gather in an igloo, stuff themselves with hot chocolate and cream cakes, and go sledding off the roof of Villa Villekulla. Pippi welcomes a new boy in town, adopts a lonely dog, and wards off a greedy old neighbor, but there's not much plot here, just an episodic story that's rather long for a picture book. It's hard to say what young children will make of it, but this has a place in larger collections, where Pippi's younger fans may enjoy it as a holiday treat. Carolyn Phelan

From Kirkus Reviews

At the end of Pippi in the South Seas (1959), Pippi and friends Tommy and Annika celebrated Christmas in Pippi's ramshackle Villa Villekulla. Pippi's After-Christmas Party, published in Sweden in the 1950s and not available in English until now, begins here. All the children come to a party in Pippi's snow-covered garden, where a trail of candies leads to a huge Christmas tree laden with goodies and presents. They feast on hot chocolate and cream cake inside an igloo, sled down the steep roof of the villa, dance and sing around the tree and, in an old Swedish custom, strip it of its treasures. Pippi welcomes a shy new boy and adopts a stray dog before the evening's over. She also vanquishes a child- hating old woman in a purely verbal skirmish, without resorting to her superhuman strength. The ratio of sweetness to silliness is perhaps a little higher than in the earlier stories, but Pippi spouts a bit of her usual inspired nonsense. Chesworth's combination of full-color illustrations and black silhouettes will look alien at first to readers accustomed to the Louis Glanzman drawings, but he has depicted Pippi exactly as Lindgren described her in the first book. Her fans will rejoice at the arrival of ``one more story'' about Pippi. (Picture book. 5-10) -- Copyright ©1996, Kirkus Associates, LP. All rights reserved.

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Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 4 and up
  
• Hardcover: 32 pages
• Publisher: Viking Juvenile; Open market ed edition (October 1, 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 067086790X
• ISBN-13: 978-0670867905
• Product Dimensions: 10.1 x 7.9 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #731,454 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #19 in Books > Education & Reference > Foreign Language Nonfiction > More Languages > Swedish

Customer Reviews

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Delightful Version of the World-Famous Pippi Longstocking!, July 28, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Pippi's After-Christmas Party (Picture Puffins) (Mass Market Paperback)

This small book, Pippi Longstocking's After-Christmas Party was a joy to read. I reccommend it for small children as a Christmas treat or for those grown-up Pippi Longstocking fans who have been longing for another book about the famous redhead.