Pippi Goes to School (Lindgren, Astrid, Pippi Longstocking Storybook.) (Hardcover)

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Key Phrases: Villa Villekulla, Pippi Longstocking

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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 --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

Product Description

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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Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 4-8
  
• Hardcover: 32 pages
• Publisher: Viking Juvenile (September 1, 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0670880752
• ISBN-13: 978-0670880751
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 7.2 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,195,752 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent!, July 28, 1999

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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!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great Book!, October 15, 2005

By	D. M. Gonzalez (Maryland) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

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This review is from: Pippi Goes to School (Paperback)

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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5.0 out of 5 stars Supper, March 21, 2004

By	Ruta Butkute (Lithuania) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Pippi Goes to School (Paperback)

This book is supper ! I love Pippi ! I have her Video and DVD. She is the smartest girl in the whole world ! When she got in shool she starts jumping on the desks ! Because she din't know what to do in shool. I really recomend it to buy this book.