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Pippi In The South Seas (Pippi Långstrump #3)
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(first published 1948)
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My favourite bit is the song "Sjörövar-Fabbe" - though, as Gulla points out below, this isn't actually in the book, only the movie. It's about Pippi's great-grandfather, Fabbe, who despite being a fearsome pirate has a tendency to become seasick any time the waves get a little rough. Most Swedish three year olds can sing the refreshingly simple chorus: "Oj, oj-oj-oj, oj-oj-oj!" If you're curious, you can hear Drängarna singing it on Youtube.
I wondered how difficult it would be to convey to non-S...more
I wondered how difficult it would be to convey to non-S...more
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I remember loving Pippi as a kid, but rereading the stories now with my 7 year old, I'm not nearly as enamoured with her. My daughter LOVES this book, though. She laughed out loud while reading it, which is very rare for her to do. I think she would give this book at least 4 stars, maybe 5. Maybe sometimes an adult perspective isn't the best one :).
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Mar 22, 2012
GlobeRunner
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4 of 5 stars
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Shelves:
children-s,
in-swedish
This book is about the adventures of Pippi and her friends on a tropical island. It's the first Pippi book I've read as an adult. Now I understand why some adults read children's literature as a mood enhancer! I was laughing before I had even finished the first paragraph. Translators must find that part quite challenging and I doubt they can give it justice in any other language (apart from Norwegian), but that's more of a loss to the adult reader than to the target audience. Great book - I woul...more
Mar 26, 2013
Gale
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3 of 5 stars
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Shelves:
children-s-classics,
fantasy-young-adult
"Irrepressible Nordic Pixie Takes Charge!"
This red-headed little rascal has charmed young readers all over the world with her high-spirited antics. Pippi Longstocking—only child of Capitan Longstocking—is a freckle-faced youngster whose flaming braids tick out from her head as if starched! This personable pixie heroine considers herself nearly perfect, as do most of the children she encounters.
Self-sufficient, undaunted and unflappable, Pippi amazes all comers with Her outlandish skills: the...more
This red-headed little rascal has charmed young readers all over the world with her high-spirited antics. Pippi Longstocking—only child of Capitan Longstocking—is a freckle-faced youngster whose flaming braids tick out from her head as if starched! This personable pixie heroine considers herself nearly perfect, as do most of the children she encounters.
Self-sufficient, undaunted and unflappable, Pippi amazes all comers with Her outlandish skills: the...more
What a delightful story! Our entire family has enjoyed reading this one about a sassy little spark of a girl and her antics. My husband and I take turns reading books to our sons at night, and this has been the first book in memory where we both join on the other parents' night because we don't want to miss a chapter.
That said, I have to admit that I find myself doing a little clever censoring as I read this book to my 5- and almost-3- year-olds. There are isolated spots in the story that are r...more
That said, I have to admit that I find myself doing a little clever censoring as I read this book to my 5- and almost-3- year-olds. There are isolated spots in the story that are r...more
Reading Pippi is like reading Plato, but better because Socrates didn't have a monkey named Mr. Nilsson. The faux simpleton toys with the stiffs before devastating them with some Five-Point-Palm-Exploding-Heart Technique of logic.
"Now then," she said finally, "will you tell me how you spell 'seasick'?"
"I'll be glad to," said Pippi, "S-e-e-s-i-c-k."
Miss Rosenblom smiled - a sour smile. "Is that so?" she said. "The dictionary spells it differently."
"Then it was very lucky that you wanted to know h...more
"Now then," she said finally, "will you tell me how you spell 'seasick'?"
"I'll be glad to," said Pippi, "S-e-e-s-i-c-k."
Miss Rosenblom smiled - a sour smile. "Is that so?" she said. "The dictionary spells it differently."
"Then it was very lucky that you wanted to know h...more
Mar 29, 2011
Fin
rated it
1 of 5 stars
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Recommended to Fin by:
Y'all's Feud Made Me Want To Read It
Shelves:
prose-fiction
Does it even count as read if I could only handle seventeen pages? (15 from the beginning, and then two of the last chapter--then I realized that I don't care how it ends.
The Prose = Awful
Pippi = ANNOYING
Pippi's Friends = It seems as if this is how readers are supposed to insert themselves into the story, because Annika and Tommy are so freaking bland that I had to look their names up again a minute after reading a portion of the book--it's like Bella Swan for kiddies. Except instead of "all gir...more
The Prose = Awful
Pippi = ANNOYING
Pippi's Friends = It seems as if this is how readers are supposed to insert themselves into the story, because Annika and Tommy are so freaking bland that I had to look their names up again a minute after reading a portion of the book--it's like Bella Swan for kiddies. Except instead of "all gir...more
I'm not sure this book's portrayal of indigenous island peoples would stand up to an adult re-read (and my social activist standards) but I loved this book when I was young.
My aunt gave me this book as a kid. We are both red heads, and I remember her telling a story about how she dressed as Pippi for Halloween. She used pipe cleaners inside her braids to make them stand up like Pippi's. I also remember watching the movies on TV on the weekends. They must have been made in Scandinavia, because th...more
My aunt gave me this book as a kid. We are both red heads, and I remember her telling a story about how she dressed as Pippi for Halloween. She used pipe cleaners inside her braids to make them stand up like Pippi's. I also remember watching the movies on TV on the weekends. They must have been made in Scandinavia, because th...more
What a great book to read out loud to my four-year old daughter. Pippi's adventures in the South Sea are hilarious. In the end, Pippi, like Peter Pan, doesn't want to grow up. She takes a pill (really a dried pea) along with Tommy and Annika so they will stay young forever. My daughter said to me "I wish there really was a pill like that that I could take."
I feel that of the books we've read to her so far, Pippi is the best role model. She's strong, smart, resourceful, loyal and has lots of fun...more
I feel that of the books we've read to her so far, Pippi is the best role model. She's strong, smart, resourceful, loyal and has lots of fun...more
In this book, Pippi visits the island where her father, a cannibal king, rules. Her friends Tommy and Annika come with her and the three have fun together with the natives, having games such as seeing who can spit the farthest. Pippi climbs in a barrel and has Tommy push her off a cliff down a waterfall in it; of course, she isn't hurt, because she is the strongest human being alive. At the end, SPOILER, she and her friends all take a pill that will keep you young forever (kind of reminds me of...more
When I was itty-bitty I loved having my mom read these stories to me before bed. The chapters are very episodic, so they lend themselves well to such things, and Pippi is a wacky character who is hard to figure out sometimes. I mean, sometimes she really is lying about things, and other times her totally wild tales SOUND like lies but they're the truth. She has a very unusual lifestyle in that she takes care of herself despite being a child. I have found in mentioning Pippi to others that it's o...more
Nov 04, 2008
Ciara
rated it
5 of 5 stars
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review of another edition
Recommends it for:
redheaded children, grown women who still wear patched frocks, little girls, feminists
i re-read all the pippi books every year, usually in the spring. just to keep in touch with my inner child, you know. this is the last of the original pippi books, in which pippi, tommy, & annika board captain longstocking's ship, the hoptoad, & set sail for the south seas cannibal island where he is king. hijinks ensue, such as pippi telling off a shark, protecting the island's pearls from robbers, & promising with tommy & annika to never grow up. i like this book, although i am...more
I recently finished Pippi in the South Seas By: Astrid Lindgren. The main characters are Pippy, Tommy, and Annika. I think this book is fast paced. The genre of this book is realistic fiction and fantasy. I think the authors purpose was to entertain and make money. I think the author did a good job writing this book because it wasn't slow and boring but fun and exciting . I think I could have a connection with Tommy because he is afraid to do stuff sometimes but other times he is willing to do a...more
Pippi was a funny, off-beat little girl with amazing stories of crazy adventures! I loved trying to figure out what she would do next! We have these books at the LITC too! Click the link to
find more Pippi Longstocking stories at the LITC
The boys enjoyed this as much as the first one. I found it dragged a bit in the middle during the episode with the bad guys and maybe the translation made the dialog nastier than perhaps it is in the original Swedish. I don't know I'm just thinking that threatening to kill kids over pearls isn't the best plot device ever. The ending was interesting when you felt a bit of pathos while the children decided they didn't ever want to grow up.
I wish I had gone with Pippi to the South Seas. It must have been really fun! I was Pippi for Halloween and I think that's what made me want to finish the series. I had already read book 1 and I kept putting off reading the rest. But being Pippi for Halloween inspired me to read the other 2 books. And I'm really glad I did because they're both funny. My favorite part was how Pippi always got away from the bad guys, sometimes by lying and sometimes by telling the truth. This made them confused ab...more
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Great stories in each chapter! I disliked the colonial circumstances of her father's kingdom. Even though Pippi refuses to see herself as superior to the island children, they and their parents are led by her fat white father. My favorite story is the one in which Pippi undermines the reward and punishment system created by a rich old white lady who rewards school children for following her rules and leaves those who don't howling in shame. Pippi masterfully turns the system upside down.
Okay, I haven't read Pippi Longstocking - the first in this 'series' . A bit of nonsense is okay, but this book was a total waste of time. Pippi doesn't want an education or learn a thing - she only wants to stay a child the rest of her life and persuades her friends to do the same in many nonsensical ways. Reviewed for the Logos Library.
I read this out loud to the kids, a chapter a night for about 2 weeks. They absolutely loved it. I didn't find it near as amusing as I did when I was a kid, but I'll take anything that will get my kids into bed at night with no fuss. My 6 year-old son asked to be Pippi for next Halloween. I said we'll see and am hoping he forgets about it.
This book still makes me laugh. I had to do an oral report on it in 3rd grade, but I still hadn't finished it. BUT my mom had rented the movie for us sometime earlier. So, I totally told the story of the movie hoping that it was at least similar. Ugh, I learned my lesson and tried to be ready for oral presentations after that.
Pippi is another one of my heroes. She lives alone, she eats and sleeps when she likes, she murders the language and malaprops to her heart's content ("pluttification"), and when she has a problem, she simply lifts it up in her very strong arms and deals with it. Plus she's filthy rich and can have candy any time she wants it.
Aug 23, 2012
Gijs
rated it
5 of 5 stars
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Shelves:
20th-century,
childrens,
fiction,
swedish,
scandinavia,
read-more-than-once,
20th-century-1940s
Laatste set avonturen van Pippi Langkous, Timmy en Anneke. De eerste paar avonturen vinden in hetzelfde stadje plaats als de vorige, maar daarna volgen er enkele op het tropische eiland waar Pippi's vader heerst. Het laatste hoofdstuk, waarin Pippi, Tommy en Anneke besluiten nooit groot te worden, is prachtig melancholisch.
I love how funny Pippi is. I read this with my almost 8 year old and for the first half of the book she didn't "get" the funny parts and I would have to describe why things were funny (which then makes them seem not as funny). Then halfway through she started to understand and loved the rest of it.
In elementary school one of my best friends and I were so obsessed with Pippi Longstockings (admittedly because of those old Swedish movies which were horribly dubbed into English). I remember wanting to make a play, but being stumped by the impossibility of being able to pick up a horse!
This time Pippi really does leave for her father's island, and takes Annika and Tommy with her. It's fun and cute and Pippi does all the things children wish they could do. As a child, I didn't know that there were sequels to the original book, but I'm happy to see that there are.
As a child, Pippi Longstocking was my hero and I wanted nothing more than to be as brave, strong and interesting as her. I picked up this book for the first time on vacation and read it all in one sitting. It was enjoyable, funny, and it made me remembered why I love Pippi.
I forgot how much I loved reading Pippi Longstocking books when I was a kid. Found this book in my old childhood book collection from my parent's storage unit and had to reread it. Just as magical as I remember it!
Look, I'm 22 and I still think this book was downright amazing. When I get to dive somewhere deep, I think of Pippi searching for pearls, and I dream of having a cave by the ocean to hide out in.
อันนี้อ่านเป็นฉบับภาษาอังกฤษตอน ม. อะไรไม่รู้ เลยอ่านไม่รู้เรื่อง 55
This was a favorite in fourth grade. I even dressed up for Halloween as Pippi because I loved this book so much. I read it over and over again...probably around ten times. Just a fun book.
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Astrid Anna Emilia Lindgren, née Ericsson, was a Swedish children's book author and screenwriter, whose many titles were translated into 85 languages and published in more than 100 countries. She has sold roughly 145 million copies worldwide. Today, she is most remembered for writing the Pippi Longstocking books, as well as Karlsson-on-the-Roof book series.
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