OUP ISBN 9780192775078 £20
This fabulous edition is a suitable tribute to Pippi Longstocking in her 75th anniversary year. Lauren Child’s superb illustrations enhance the text. Astrid Lindgren published more than one hundred books in her lifetime and is still the most popular children’s author in Sweden. Her books have been translated into more than sixty languages. In this story Pippi and her friends Tommy and Annika go to the fair. They buy all the sweets in the sweet shop, and end up getting shipwrecked for the weekend. Pippi’s long-lost father arrives and wants to take her away to sea with him. Will Pippi decide to go away with him and leave her friends behind? Pippa is a mischievous, appealing character whose adventures make fantastic reading. This glorious celebratory hardback is highly recommended for schools, libraries and homes.
Brenda Marshall