Pippi Longstocking (First UK Edition Thus, Signed by the Translator)

Lindgren, Astrid

ISBN 10: 0192782401 / ISBN 13: 9780192782403

Published by Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2007

About this Item

SIGNED by the TRANSLATOR Tina Nunnally FIRST UK EDITION THUS, FIRST PRINTING (stated, complete number line to 1), Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2008. NEW, UNREAD. Signed by the Translator on the Title Page. A Fine Book in a Fine Dust Jacket in a Brodart protective cover, Clean, no wear, no tears, not price-clipped (£14.99). Text Clean, no marks. Binding Tight and Square. Pictorial Boards Clean with the only visible flaw a bumped bottom front coner. Text Clean, no marks. The book is beautifully illustrated by Lauren Child. Books are Carefully Packed and Shipped Daily with USPS Tracking from a Dry, Smoke-Free shop. Signed, First UK Edition Thus, First Printing.

Seller Inventory # 3971 CHILD536

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Pippi Longstocking (First UK Edition Thus, Signed by the Translator)
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, Oxford
• Publication Date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0192782401
• ISBN 13: 9780192782403
• Binding: Hardcover
• Illustrator: Lauren Child
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Fine
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)
• Seller catalogs:
  • British Edition
  • Children's
  • Fiction

About this title

Synopsis

Pippi Longstocking is nine years old. She has just moved into Villa Villekulla where she lives all by herself with a horse, a monkey, and a big suitcase full of gold coins. The grown-ups in the village try to make Pippi behave in ways that they think a little girl should, but Pippi has other ideas. She would much rather spend her days arranging wild, exciting adventures to enjoy with her neighbours, Tommy and Annika, or entertaining everyone she meets with her outrageous stories. Pippi thinks nothing of wrestling a circus strongman, dancing a polka with burglars, or tugging a bull's tail. Generations of children have fallen in love with Pippi Longstocking. Just like Tommy and Annika, readers are instantly charmed by her warmth and sense of fun. Astrid Lindgren's children's classic first appeared in 1945. Astrid once commented, 'I write to amuse the child within me, and can only hope that other children may have some fun that way, too.' When she was growing up, Lauren Child loved Astrid Lindgren's books. She remembers: 'I discovered Pippi when I was about eight years old and found her completely inspiring.' Known and loved as the creator of some equally feisty little girls - notably Clarice Bean and Lola - Lauren has brought her own inimitable style to this beautifully-illustrated edition of Pippi Longstocking.

About the Author

During her lifetime, Lindgren was awarded dozens of Swedish and international prizes for her writing, among them the prestigious Hans Christian Andersen medal in 1958: widely considered the ultimate accolade for an author of children's books. Lauren Child was awarded the Kate Greenaway Medal in 2001 for 'I Will Not Ever Never Eat a Tomato' and the Nestle Smarties Gold Award in 2002 for 'That Pesky Rat'.