Illustrated by Jan Pyk. Karlsson-on-the-Roof (Swedish: Karlsson på taket) is a fictional character in a series of children's books created by Swedish author Astrid Lindgren. The cartoon adaptation became popular in the USSR with its release in the 1970s. To this day, the adaptations are still celebrated as an integral part of the Russian cartoon industry, with Karlsson being...
Illustrated by Jan Pyk. Karlsson-on-the-Roof (Swedish: Karlsson på taket) is a fictional character in a series of children's books created by Swedish author Astrid Lindgren. The cartoon adaptation became popular in the USSR with its release in the 1970s. To this day, the adaptations are still celebrated as an integral part of the Russian cartoon industry, with Karlsson being...
Illustrated by Jan Pyk. Karlsson is a very short, very portly and overconfident man who lives in a small house hiding behind a smokestack on the roof of a very ordinary apartment building, on a very ordinary street in Stockholm. When Karlsson pushes a button on his stomach it starts a clever little motor with a propeller on his back allowing him to fly. Karlsson is the best at...
Scholastic Books. Pippi at Home in Villa Villekulla - Pippi Goes Shopping - Pippi Writes a Letter and Goes to School-But Only a Little Bit - Pippi Goes to the School Picnic - Pippi Goes to the Fair - Pippi Is Shipwrecked - Pippi Gets Unexpected Company - Pippi Has a Farewell Party - Pippi Goes Aboard
Scholastic Books. Pippi at Home in Villa Villekulla - Pippi Goes Shopping - Pippi Writes a Letter and Goes to School-But Only a Little Bit - Pippi Goes to the School Picnic - Pippi Goes to the Fair - Pippi Is Shipwrecked - Pippi Gets Unexpected Company - Pippi Has a Farewell Party - Pippi Goes Aboard
Astrid Lindgren was born on a farm in Sweden and spent a happy childhood there. After her schooling was completed she worked for a time in a newspaper office, was married, and became the mother of a son and daughter. For many years she was an editor in a Swedish publishing house. When her daughter Karin was seven years old and convalescing from pneumonia, she asked her mother...
Astrid Lindgren was born on a farm in Sweden and spent a happy childhood there. After her schooling was completed she worked for a time in a newspaper office, was married, and became the mother of a son and daughter. For many years she was an editor in a Swedish publishing house. When her daughter Karin was seven years old and convalescing from pneumonia, she asked her mother...
Pippi Longstocking (Swedish: Pippi Långstrump) is a 1945 children's novel by the Swedish writer Astrid Lindgren. Lindgren wrote the book for her 8-year-old daughter, who apparently was sick in bed. Plot: Pippi is a 9-year-old who lives in an old villa in a Swedish town (which remains unnamed in the series) with a horse and a pet monkey. Her mother is dead and her father, a...
Pippi Longstocking (Swedish: Pippi Långstrump) is a 1945 children's novel by the Swedish writer Astrid Lindgren. Lindgren wrote the book for her 8-year-old daughter, who apparently was sick in bed. Plot: Pippi is a 9-year-old who lives in an old villa in a Swedish town (which remains unnamed in the series) with a horse and a pet monkey. Her mother is dead and her father, a...
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...
The Brothers Lionheart (Swedish: Bröderna Lejonhjärta) is a children's fantasy novel written by Astrid Lindgren. It was published in the autumn of 1973 and has been translated into 46 languages. Many of its themes are unusually dark and heavy for the children's book genre. Disease, death, tyranny, betrayal and rebellion are some of the dark themes that permeate the story. The...
The Brothers Lionheart (Swedish: Bröderna Lejonhjärta) is a children's fantasy novel written by Astrid Lindgren. It was published in the autumn of 1973 and has been translated into 46 languages. Many of its themes are unusually dark and heavy for the children's book genre. Disease, death, tyranny, betrayal and rebellion are some of the dark themes that permeate the story. The...
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