Pippi Longstocking - Astrid Lindgren
New translation aptly modernizes a classic.
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- Author:Astrid Lindgren
- # of pages: 207
- Publisher:Viking
- Original Publication Date: 01/01/1950
- Genre: Fiction - Humor
- Hardcover: $25
- Publisher's Recommended Reading Level: 8-12
- Read Aloud: 7
- Read Alone: 8
Parents need to know
Families can talk about Pippi's behavior. Why does she behave the way she does? Does she really not know better, or is she just rude and willful? How do you think you would act if you lived all alone? What parts of this seem realistic, and what parts are just fantasy?
Message
Social Behavior:
Pippi often behaves badly because she doesn't know any better, but she means well.
Consumerism:
Drugs/Alcohol/Tobacco:
Violence
A boy is beaten by bullies. Pippi fires a pair of pistols. Pippi's mother is dead and her father disappeared at sea.
Sex
Language
Common Sense says
What's the story?
Reviewed by Matt Berman
Is it any good?
This new, large-format edition boasts a seamless new translation (the original was written in Swedish) that modernizes the language a bit, but not too much. It also has new illustrations that are humorous, if a bit on the abstract side. Its size and large print make it well suited to reading aloud with a child following along in the text, and perhaps taking a turn with the reading. Though it may not have the same appeal to today's kids that it had for earlier generations, if you're looking to introduce your kids to a favorite from your own childhood, this is a good way to do it.
Other choices
Other Books by Astrid Lindgren:
Ronia the Robber's Daughter
Pippi Goes on Board
Pippi in the South Seas
The Children of Noisy Village
More Humorously Independent Girls:
Matilda by Roald Dahl
Meet Calliope Day by Charles Haddad
Because of Winn-Dixie by Kate DiCamillo
Eloise by Kay Thompson
Igraine the Brave by Cornelia Funke
Nim's Island by Wendy Orr
The True Meaning of Smekday by Adam Rex
Related Web sites:
Illustrator's Site
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