THE ADVENTURES OF PIPPI LONGSTOCKING

THE ADVENTRUES OF PIPPI LONGSTOCKING by Astrid Lindgren. Illustrated by Michael Chesworth.

Are you an anthology book person or no? In general, I am. It's interesting, but there is some debate in the lit world as to anthologies or not. There are some understandable thoughts to this debate - heaviness of the book and sometimes the loss of illustrations. If there is a serious loss of illustrations, I will opt for the individual books.

When we are traveling I like to visit bookstores (*surprise*). Bookstores are so different from each other especially when they are privately owned. You never know what you might find, and it can be based on the likes/dislikes of the owner! (Sure you're going to find best sellers no matter what, but it's the unexpected gems I'm talking about!) One of my girls seriously loved Ramona Quimby books. We read them, and I laughingly told her not to adopt Ramona's habits! From there we graduated to Pippi Longstocking. When she stumbled upon a Pippi collection at one of these bookstores it was very quickly brought to my attention with some persuasive words as to why we needed to bring it home. Since then the book has been very loved. It is also helping this girl build her upper arm muscles.

I have mentioned Pippi Longstocking before when I read Pippi in the South Seas out loud. If you need a book with some down right rascaliness (my word), Pippi has you covered. This little girl who isn't afraid to tackle anything (sharks, robbers, etc) will keep you in stitches. Just know that she does outrageous things, but it's the absurdity of these things that is so humorous.