New Releases by Astrid Lindgren

release date: Jun 01, 1988

Pippi Longstocking is the strongest and kindest and funniest and richest girl in the whole world. She lives all alone in Villa Villekulla with her horse and her monkey Mr. Nilsson. She also has a whole duffel bag full of gold money. Tommy and Annika live in the house next door, and since Pippi moved in, everything has become much more fun!

Brothers Lionheart (Knight Books)

release date: Jan 01, 1987

Two brothers share many adventures after their death when they are reunited in Nangiyala, the land from which sagas come.

Pippi Goes on Board

Pippi's back with more absurd adventures! Outrageous Pippi Longstocking of Villa Villekulla has no parents around and no rules to follow, so she lives according to her own daredevilish ways. She has been treating her friends Tommy and Annika to wild adventures too-like buying and eating, seventy-two pounds of candy on a shopping trip, or sailing off to an island in the middle of a lake to show them what it's like to be shipwrecked. But then Pippi's long lost father returns, and she might have to leave Villa Villekulla!

Pippi in the South Seas

Children's books made into movies

The adventures of the strongest girl in the world, who takes her two friends with her when she travels from Sweden to visit her father, king of an island in the South Seas.

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Ronia, The Robber's Daughter

This is the Story of a robber's daughter called Ronja who grows up amidst a whole band of robbers in a old castle deep in a big forrest.

Emil and the Great Escape

by: Astrid Lindgren, Tony Ross

Whether he's running his little sister up a flagpole, or trying to escape after getting locked in a shed, Emil's adventures never stop. Hens, dogs, little sisters - and adults - all flee his path. But Emil doesn't mean to be bad, it's just that trouble - and fun - follow him wherever he goes. A collection of utterly engaging tales from one of the world's best-loved children's authors.

Pippi Moves In (Pippi Longstocking Comics)

by: Astrid Lindgren, Ingrid Vang Nyman, Tiina Nunnally

THE LOST MASTERPIECE FROM ASTRID LINDGREN'S CHILDREN'S CLASSIC

Pippi Moves In marks the first time that the legendary Pippi Longstocking comics by the famed children's author and creator Astrid Lindgren and Danish illustrator Ingrid Vang Nyman will be published outside of Scandinavia in thirty years, as well as their first ever publication in English. The outspoken strong-girl with the carrot-colored pigtails and the mismatched socks has enthralled generations of children the world over with her fabulous exploits at Villa Villekulla, where she lives with her horse and monkey. Countless translations of the chapter books are available in more than sixty languages. Pippi is Sweden's best-known children's export, making it all the more remarkable that D+Q has discovered what will be a three-volume series.

The comics are re-imaginings of the classic chapter book stories and were originally published in the Swedish magazine Humpty Dumpty in 1957–1959, a decade after the original books. The comics spotlight both Lindgren's brilliant writing and Vang Nyman's bold bright colors that seem presciently and eerily modern. The original illustrator for the chapter books, Vang Nyman was an avant-garde champion of the importance of children's literature who insisted that art in children's books needed to meet the same esthetic standards as art in any other medium. Sadly Vang Nyman never achieved international success, and tragically committed suicide in 1959 due to mental health issues, while Lindgren went on to become one of the world's best-loved writers with more than 145 million books sold worldwide.

Similar to D+Q's 2005 unearthing of the Tove Jansson's Moomin comic strip, which has more than 100,000 units in print, these mid-century classics are waiting to be discovered and enjoyed by the world's legions of Pippi fans, both young and old.

Do You Know Pippi Longstocking?

by: Astrid Lindgren, Ingrid Nyman, Elisabeth Kallick Dyssegaard

Say hello to everyone's favorite redhead!

Everyone knows Pippi Longstocking. For generations, even
the youngest children have immediately identified with her
independent spirit. Pippi is incredibly strong and lives alone
in Villa Villekulla with her horse and a monkey called Mr.
Nilsson. To the amazement of her neighbors, Tommy and
Annika, she sleeps with her feet on the pillow and her head
under the covers, bakes cookies on the floor, performs her own
act at the circus, takes on two burglars single-handedly, and
has a most unusual birthday party.

The Adventures of Pippi Longstocking

by: Astrid Lindgren, Michael Chesworth

An enticing, newly illustrated collection of the enduringly popular Pippi stories. Since Pippi Longstocking was first published in 1950, the escapades of the incomparable Pippi,the girl with upside-down braids and no parents to tell her what to do, have delighted boys and girls alike. Now, for the first time, Pippi Longstocking, Pippi Goes on Board, and Pippi in the South Seas are all together in one bumper volume, with new illustrations in full-color and black-and-white. The collection is an ideal introduction for anyone discovering Pippi for the first time, while confirmed fans will enjoy revisiting their favorite episodes and recalling some they've forgotten. Her admirers will also find fascinating new biographical information about author Astrid Lindgren and the origin of the Pippi stories. Astrid Lindgren was awarded the 1958 Hans Christian Andersen Medal for her contribution to international children's literature.

The Children of Noisy Village

by: Astrid Lindgren, Ilon Wikland, Florence Lamborn

Ten-year-old Lisa tells about her brothers and playmates and the happy times they spend at work and at play in their Swedish village.

The Tomten

This outstanding book by the author of Pippi Longstocking--and winner of the Hans Christian Andersen Award--has been called a "picture book of rare distinction" by the Chicago Tribune. Full color.

Christmas in the Stable