Astrid Lindgren
Born
in Vimmerby, Småland, Sweden
November 14, 1907
Died
January 28, 2002
Website
Genre
Pippi Longstocking (Pippi Långstrump, #1)
510 editions
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1945
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The Brothers Lionheart
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155 editions
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1973
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Ronia, the Robber's Daughter
184 editions
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published
1981
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Pippi in the South Seas
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160 editions
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published
1948
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The Children of Noisy Village
by
130 editions
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published
1946
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Mio, My Son
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146 editions
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1954
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Pippi Goes on Board
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158 editions
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published
1946
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Karlsson on the Roof
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123 editions
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1955
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Emil i Lönneberga (Emil i Lönneberga, #1)
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118 editions
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1963
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Dzieci z Bullerbyn
by
48 editions
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1947
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“A childhood without books – that would be no childhood. That would be like being shut out from the enchanted place where you can go and find the rarest kind of joy.”
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“Give the children love, more love and still more love – and the common sense will come by itself.”
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“The children came to a perfume shop. In the show window was a large jar of freckle salve, and beside the jar was a sign, which read: DO YOU SUFFER FROM FRECKLES?
'What does the sign say?' ask Pippi. She couldn’t read very well because she didn’t want to go to school as other children did.
'It says, "Do you suffer from freckles?"' said Annika.
'Does it indeed?' said Pippi thoughtfully. 'Well, a civil question deserves a civil answer. Let’s go in.'
She opened the door and entered the shop, closely followed by Tommy and Annika. An elderly lady stood back of the counter. Pippi went right up to her. 'No!' she said decidedly.
'What is it you want?' asked the lady.
'No,' said Pippi once more.
'I don’t understand what you mean,' said the lady.
'No, I don’t suffer from freckles,' said Pippi.
Then the lady understood, but she took one look at Pippi and burst out, 'But, my dear child, your whole face is covered with freckles!'
'I know it,' said Pippi, 'but I don’t suffer from them. I love them. Good morning.'
She turned to leave, but when she got to the door she looked back and cried, 'But if you should happen to get in any salve that gives people more freckles, then you can send me seven or eight jars.”
― Pippi Longstocking
'What does the sign say?' ask Pippi. She couldn’t read very well because she didn’t want to go to school as other children did.
'It says, "Do you suffer from freckles?"' said Annika.
'Does it indeed?' said Pippi thoughtfully. 'Well, a civil question deserves a civil answer. Let’s go in.'
She opened the door and entered the shop, closely followed by Tommy and Annika. An elderly lady stood back of the counter. Pippi went right up to her. 'No!' she said decidedly.
'What is it you want?' asked the lady.
'No,' said Pippi once more.
'I don’t understand what you mean,' said the lady.
'No, I don’t suffer from freckles,' said Pippi.
Then the lady understood, but she took one look at Pippi and burst out, 'But, my dear child, your whole face is covered with freckles!'
'I know it,' said Pippi, 'but I don’t suffer from them. I love them. Good morning.'
She turned to leave, but when she got to the door she looked back and cried, 'But if you should happen to get in any salve that gives people more freckles, then you can send me seven or eight jars.”
― Pippi Longstocking
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