Pippi Longstocking
by Astrid Lindgren
No parents, no rules, infinite strength.
your child is being told to be smaller than they are and needs a hero who refuses
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Pippi has no parents, lives alone with a horse and a monkey, lifts adults over her head, and has zero interest in being civilized. Lindgren created her in 1945 for her daughter who was sick in bed and wanted a story about someone who could do anything. What she accidentally created was the most radical children's character in literary history — a girl who doesn't need permission, doesn't need protection, and doesn't need to apologize for taking up space. The dispatch that told generations of children the world's rules are negotiable.
WHERE THIS BOOK LIVES
- Setting
- Sweden • Scandinavia
- Voice
- Written by a Swedish author
