Description
Author: Astrid Lindgren
Publisher: Viking Books for Young Readers
Published: 11/04/2025
Pages: 144
Binding Type: Paperback
ISBN13: 9780593694596
ISBN10: 0593694597
BISAC Categories:
- Juvenile Fiction | Lifestyles | Farm Life & Ranch Life
- Juvenile Fiction | Action & Adventure | General
- Juvenile Fiction | Family | Siblings
About the Author
Astrid Lindgren (1907-2002) was born in Sweden. After college, she worked in a newspaper office and a Swedish publishing house. Her most famous and beloved book, Pippi Longstocking, was originally published in Swedish in 1950 and was later translated into many other languages. It was followed by two sequels, Pippi Goes on Board and Pippi in the South Seas. Ms. Lindgren had a long, prolific career, writing more than 100 picture books, poems, short stories, plays, screenplays, and novels. In 1958, she won the Hans Christian Andersen Medal, the highest international award in children's literature.

