Pippi In the South Seas - Couverture souple

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.

Pippi and her pals Annika and Tommy are off to the Canny Canny Island, where Pippi's father is king . . . and where they will find caves to explore, play marbles with real pearls and find that even the pirates and sharks are no match for Pippi!