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Over the last year I'd seen some cute Pippi editions floating around, but I refused to let myself buy one because I already had copies of the Pippi books. Or so I thought. But once it was clear that my six-year-old was ready for chapter books for bedtime story, I went on a search. And while I definitely had Pippi books growing up, it appears they were not among the books from our childhood library that I "inherited." Well, it was a Pippi emergency, so I had to obtain a copy immediately. This was
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I am ashamed that I am this old and have never read Pippi Longstocking until now. Pippi is the ultimate free spirit and trumps any girl protagonist of today with her “do what feels good” mentality. Whenever I read a book that is a translation of an original work, I feel like I may be missing something from other versions, but I compared this 2007 translation to an older version, and most of it is the same. Lauren Child’s version also features cute, bright illustrations that other versions may la
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I loved Pippi when I was a kid! I think I'm going to start reading them to my son!
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This has been by far Eleanor's favorite book to have read aloud to her. She LOVED it. Yay for strong girl characters! And of course this Lauren Child illustrated version is so wonderful to look at.
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Dec 29, 2008
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Dec 28, 2013
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