Pippi's Extraordinary Ordinary Day: An illustrated Story Book (Pippi Longstocking Storybook) [Hardcover]

Astrid Lindgren (Author)

Book Description

Age Level: 5 and up | Grade Level: K and up | Series: Pippi Longstocking Storybook

When Pippi's around, everything becomes an adventure!

Pippi Longstocking never does anything the way other children do. When her friends Tommy and Annika have a "scrubbing vacation" from school, Pippi decides to take one, too--and cleans the kitchen floor by skating with brushes on her feet! Then it's time for a picnic--but between the tricks of Mr. Nilson the monkey, Pippi's experiment with flying, and the bull who wants to play, even an ordinary picnic turns into an amazing day. The Pippi Longstocking storybooks, excerpted from the original Pippi Longstocking books with Astrid Lindgren's assistance, are perfect for young readers and listeners just getting ready to enter the amazing, crazy world of Pippi and her friends.

Editorial Reviews

Language Notes

Text: English (translation)
Original Language: Swedish

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 5 and up
  
• Hardcover: 64 pages
• Publisher: Viking Juvenile (September 1, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0670880736
• ISBN-13: 978-0670880737
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 7.1 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,714,651 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

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.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

17 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Only an Excerpt of Pippi Longstocking, March 24, 2010

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James P. Simmer (Ann Arbor, MI United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Pippi's Extraordinary Ordinary Day (Paperback)

My 8 year old had to read Pippi Longstocking for school. She loved it, so I decided to buy other books about Pippi Longstocking. I bought Pippi's Extraordinary Ordinary Day and Pippi Goes to the Circus from Amazon. Both of these books, however, have the same message at the top of the copyright page: "The text to this book has been excerpted, with Astrid Lindgren's assistance, from two chapters in Pippi Longstocking." The two excerpted books are much better illustrated than the original Pippi Longstocking, but after having already read the original all my daughter did was quickly look through these books at the pictures and never touched them again. The bottom line is that these books are not worth having if you have the original book, Pippi Longstocking.

10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars I was disappointed, December 4, 2007

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ddemong - See all my reviews

This review is from: Pippi's Extraordinary Ordinary Day (Paperback)

i thought i'd found a pippi we hadn't read before, but this is merely a (more heavily illustrated) excerpt from the original "pippi"--which can be had in its entirety for the same price!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A great girl herione, September 14, 2009

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Kevin Hall (Wa, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Pippi's Extraordinary Ordinary Day (Paperback)

This is a great read for all ages, I read all three in the series to my daughter when she was 6 and she loved them. It is great to have a female character who is so outrageous, the antics she gets up to are so funny. An astoundingly good book, get it now.