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Sep 08, 2010

Manny rated it:

The following may be heresy, but, as Michael Dibdin says of his novel The Last Sherlock Holmes Story, it's the heresy of the true believer. Anyway, now that everyone's read The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, we can no longer avoid the question. What does Pippi think about sex? Lisbeth Salander is repeatedly identified with Pippi, and she's quite straightforward about sex. When she wants it, she goes for it; no shame, no hangups. It's hard to believe that Pippi isn't exactly the same.

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Feb 04, 2008

sweet pea rated it:

i was thrilled by the thought of a new version of Pippi illustrated by Lauren Child. i grew up on Pippi. besides my wild hairstyles, she also taught me how to be spunky and lie extravagantly.

perhaps i'm hard-lined. but, certain aspects of this new translation leave me cold. Ephraim Longstocking being a "king of the natives" is too much to bear. too generic to process. he is obviously a king of the CANNIBALS, as anyone with an ounce of sense can recall. also, Pippi's More...

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Dec 08, 2007

Sarah rated it:

Pippilotta Delicatessa Windowshade Mackrelmint Efraim's Daughter Longstocking (or Pippi to her friends) is one of my favorite children's fiction heroines. She was first introduced in Pippi Longstocking. She's stronger anyone, lives alone in a palatial home, has a horse and a monkey, and is the daughter of a pirate. Who could ask for more out of a main character?

For the BookCrossing Literacy Train I treated myself to a reread of Pippi Longstocking before donating my copy to the cause. More...

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Feb 04, 2011

Gundula rated it:

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Jun 30, 2008

Maureen rated it:

As a headstrong little girl, Pippi was my heroine. I longed to live in a castle with a horse and a monkey, and live life on my own terms. So what if the plot was weak? The object of the story was to portray a way of life that many girls yearned to live. Her name made quite a good mantra, when recited while avoiding cracks in neighborhood sidewalks. Inside every child is a lighthearted rebel, just like Pippilotta Delicatessa Windowshade Mackrelmint Ephraim's Daughter Longstocking.

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Sep 08, 2010

Jim rated it:

A rather odd combination of circumstances have led me to read this book. On one hand, it appears in a Norwegian list entitled The 100 Best Books in the History of Literature. The second was best-selling author Stieg Larsson's use of two Astrid Lindgren characters as a point of reference for his two major characters in The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, namely Lisbeth Scalander (based on Pippi Longstocking) and Mikael Blomqvist (based on Kalle Blomqvist).

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Feb 23, 2009

Ariel rated it:

I am sad to say I don't think I am a Pippi fan. I want to be. We share the red hair. And so many people I love love her. I definitely enjoyed the book at times, but it didn't win me over.
I like the idea of this free spirit, living life her own way. But she crossed the line for me into inconsiderate and inconsistent.
Also, the book felt outdated. Especially the gender politics around Tommy, Annika and their parents. I don't know that I could recommend it for that reason.
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Sep 30, 2011

June rated it:

Oh, Pippi-- pioneer latchkey kid-- she made it all seem so magical. So carefree. So...doable. Of course today social services would haul her in a heartbeat to undesirable fosters and dull her with ritalin. And who on earth would want to read THAT book?? (I love my 1950 Viking Press Edition with quirky illustrations by Louis Glanzman)

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Mar 10, 2009

Kimberlie rated it:

I struggled with this book. Pippi reminds me of people I know who have no concept of their negative effect on others and take no responsibility for self-reflection. Pippi is like a bull in a China shop. In Pipi's case, she has no parents to guide her creativity and teach her how to control her impulses.

I wonder if the book, written by a Swedish author in the 1950s, was a stance against conformity and repressive social norms? Breaking rules for the sake of breaking rules can be as More...

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Dec 15, 2008

Meinar rated it:

Saya tau tokoh Pippi sejak masih SD gara2 liat iklannya di Majalah Bobo. Tapi saya baru baca bukunya waktu saya sudah SMP dan pinjam sama teman saya. Waktu baca buku ini saya ketawa sampai terpingkal2. Ngebayangin betapa asyik dan anehnya kalo punya teman seunik dan se'gila' si Pippi. Setelah baca, saya langsung nyari buku Pippi ini setiap kali saya pergi ke toko buku manapun. Karena penasarannya, saya juga nyari buku ini sampai ke pusat buku murah di Terminal Senen. tapi gak pernah ketemu.
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Nov 28, 2011

Rodriqueze rated it:

I happened to see a copy of Pippi Longstocking at my local library on a recent visit with my son. Remembering how I read every Pippi book I could find when I was a child, I just had to pick it up. It is no surprise that Pippi has been around for over 60 years now...
It is interesting that as an adult, I saw a certain sadness in Pippi's solitary lifestyle. I had missed that as a child, seeing only the adventurer and the amazingly strong and smart (although uneducated) girl who I wanted as my More...

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Oct 30, 2011

Христо rated it:

Ода за нейно невероятничество Пипи Дългото чорапче
http://www.knigolandia.info/2011/03/blog...

Защо точно “Пипи Дългото чорапче” е любимата ми детска книга, въпреки тежката конкуренция на “Войната на таралежите”, приказките на Родари и ред други? Доста неща натежават в полза на героинята на Астрид Линдгрен. Да видим…

Радва ме потресаващия непукизъм на Пипи, това, че живее в един неин свят, в който няма как да навлезе нещо лошо. Никой не може да я убеди, че не е пра More...

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May 03, 2011

Heidi rated it:

May: Read a book with a green cover. This one does. About time I read it. Of course, I've never really liked Pippi. We watched a couple of the movies when we were little. I hated the theme song and Pippi got on my nerves. So I avoided the books because of that. The book was full of little stories about Pippi's adventures. Some I liked. Some I didn't.

I unfortunately still don't like Pippi. I can't help it. She gets on my nerves. Maybe it's because I'm like the other adults in the boo More...

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Apr 07, 2011

Barry rated it:

Despite the fact that I am about to become a published children's book author, I have big gaps in my reading, particularly in the middle-grade area. I just couldn't sit still at that age and cared mostly about sports. So I'm trying to catch up on some classics. I was completely familiar with Pippi by this time, of course, but was pleasantly surprised by how wonderfully strange the book is.

Exactly the sort of book I would like to have written, but you have to wonder how much resistance More...

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Apr 04, 2011

April rated it:

Review originally posted <ahref="http://cupofdelight.blogspot.com/2010/11/delightfully-bookwormish-review-of-pipi.html"> HERE</a>

"Pipi Longstalking" is an easy read and I can see why kids enjoy it. Pipi is funny and different and draws little children out of their normal, every-day lives with her wacky adventures.

BUT, it has no plot and, therefore, is not very attractive to adult readers. It's really a series of short stories that have very lit More...

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Mar 29, 2011

Jinky rated it:

(3.5)
I wanted to read a fun book and out of the blue Pippi came to mind. I recall what joy it was to watch her on TV, so I figured I'd read the book for nostalgia. Sure enough, the read brought me back to the wacky adventures of Pippi and her friends. Fun times.

Yes, Pippilotta Delicatessa Windowshade Mackrelmint Efraim's Daughter Longstocking's not the best role model ...being unruly and such, but that's part of her charm and not the point (to glorify unruliness). To me, sh More...

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Mar 20, 2011

Anne-Marie rated it:

This was my absolute FAVORITE book when I was little! I was Pippi for Halloween in third grade... heehee. It's about this funky little girl who's nine years old. She lives all alone, "which of course was very nice because there were no parents around to make her drink cod liver oil when she much preferred caramel candy." (I'm quoting from MEMORY here, because I read it so many times!) Pippi doesn't go to school, and she owns a monkey named Mr. Nelson and a horse that lives on her p More...

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Mar 06, 2011

Ronyell rated it:

To be honest, I have heard of “Pippi Longstocking” when I was little, but I only saw the movies of the little red haired heroine, but then again I might have read this book when I was younger. It is just that I do not remember many children’s books that I have read when I was small. “Pippi Longstocking” is a popular children’s book by Astrid Lindgren and it details the wild adventures of an unusual girl named Pippi Longstocking. “Pippi Longstocking” is clearly one of the best children’s books More...

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Feb 28, 2011

Shelley rated it:

I don't know how to review this book. As a child, it was always one of my favorites. Pippi was wild and such a free spirit. And she had a monkey. How can you not love a monkey? I read this dozens of times growing up. I loved how she just did and said whatever and nevermind the consequences. I loved how she transformed the two kids from next door from uptight, perfect children into kids not afraid to have fun. But then....

I re-read it again last week and realized I really hate More...

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Feb 13, 2011

Q_Barb rated it:

Originally published in Sweden and translated for American publication, this story of an outlandish situation and character needs for you to buy into it from the very beginning as it tells the tale of a little girl who lives in a house by herself with a horse and a monkey and a suitcase of gold that is her inheritance from her sea captain father who died at sea, while she was sailing with him. Everything, like that premise, is turned upside down in the story as the reader shares the adventures o More...

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Feb 13, 2011

Judy rated it:

When I was in sixth grade, I achieved the distinction of being placed in the "independent" reading group. This meant I no longer had to sit in a circle and read aloud or listen to my classmates read aloud. Best of all, it meant I could choose my own books. Pippi Longstocking was my first pick and I was astonished that I got to read such a cool book in school.

Pippi was an inspiration to me because she got to live in a house without parents, cook her own meals and clean More...

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Jan 09, 2011

Jackie rated it:

Whew! I'm exhausted just reading about Pippi Longstockings antics. She is the cleverest, wackiest, bravest, strongest, sassiest, most unique girl you'll ever get to know. Since her parents are gone...long gone, she lives alone at Villa Villekulla, ramshackle house with a suitcase full of gold coins, a monkey named Mr. Nillsson and a horse. Yet, she's learned a trick (or two) sailing the seas with her father before he fell overboard and drowned, that is.

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Dec 12, 2010

Ahmad rated it:

پی پی سه تا تخم مرغ برداشت و به هوا پرتاب کرد. یکی از تخم مرغ ها خورد روی سرش و شکست و زردهء آن به روی صورتش سرازیر شد. بعد همان طور که چشم هایش را پاک میکرد گفت: «من همیشه شنیده بودم که زردهء تخم مرغ به مو قوت میده. حالا خواهید دید موهای من با چه سرعتی رشد می کنه. در برزیل به همین دلیل همه تخم مرغ به سر این طرف و آن طرف میروند و حتی یک نفر هم کچل نیست. یک وقتی یک پیرمرد عجیبی بود که تخم مرغ هایش را به جای این که به سرش بمالد میخورد. خوب طبعا کچل شده بود و به محض این که می آمد تو خیابون تمام ماش More...

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Nov 30, 2010

S rated it:

I read this book back in my childhood))
I was madly in love with this red-haired little girl ..
I am very liked that she
independent and does everything she wants. She is incredibly strong and agile, though she was only nine years old.
She is bright and lively imagination. And we are jealous of her and many of us have dreamed of even a little to be like this funny girl!:-)))))
And in her words, admit the truth:
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Oct 03, 2010

Greta rated it:

I loved this book as a kid (Pippi starred as a Halloween costume at least once) and in reading it again as an adult, I'm blown away by how sly and subversive she is as a character. For instance, during Mrs. Settegren's coffee party, the adult women take turns complaining about the bad habits of their maids. Pippi chimes in repeatedly with the story of her grandmother's maid, Malin, who outrageously tops the womens' stories each time: if their maids stole, Malin couldn't sleep if she hadn't stole More...

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Sep 28, 2010

Jacqueline rated it:

Pippi Longstocking by Astrid Lindgren
Published: 1950
Translated by: Florence Lamborn
Illustrated by: Louis S. Glanzman
Publisher: Buccaneer Books
Interest Level: 2-4
Guided Reading Level: O

Summary:Tommy and Annika have always wished someone would come to live in the ramshackle house next door, and one day, someone does: Pippi Longstocking, an irrepressible nine-year-old girl with a unique way of doing things. Soon the three are inseparable friends. With More...

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Jul 31, 2010

Joselito rated it:

Her mother died when she was just a baby so she has no memory of her at all. Her father was a ship captain who was thrown overboard during a storm at sea and disappeared. Pippi Longstocking, nine years old, believes her mother is in heaven watching her, and her father on an island and has become the king of the cannibals. She lives alone in their house with a monkey named Mr. Nilsson and a horse.

She often looks up at the sky and tells her mother "Don't you worry about me. I'll a More...

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Apr 08, 2010

Ciara rated it:

i got this out of the library. it's a different translation & different art than the copy i own (which is the classic from when i was a kid). i mostly got it to look at the illustrations, which will never supplant the originals in my heart (i have an illustration from pippi goes on board on my leg), but...they're still pretty cool. to illustrate pippi's stockings, the illustrator actually cut out a photo of striped knit something into a stocking shape. pippi's dress is cut from what looks like r More...

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Feb 15, 2010

Ch_jank-caporale rated it:

I li-li-listened to this on CD (disc one was scratched and kept repeating- how irritating!).
It was fun to read this again as an adult, though maybe she isn't as fantastic this time around! Pippi, however, serves as a hero to bright kids with high energy, kids who can't seem to conform to what is expected behavior for ordinary children as dictated by adults. For that reason, I still love her.
Pippi's mother is dead and her father, a sea captain, has disappeared in a storm. Pippi, sec More...

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Nov 02, 2009

Kerry rated it:

Oh, my son and I are reading this right now and I have to admit that I am sad. As a young girl I loved Pippi so very much. I wanted to be just like her. Now, as a parent, I would be appalled if my children were just like her. (And yes, I do understand that that is one of the points of the book!) Don't get me wrong, there are so many admirable things about the Pippi character, but some of her behavior, especially the way she treats others, is not what I would consider a good model of behavio More...

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