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Astrid Lindgren: Storyteller to the World
Swedish children's writer Astrid Lindgren is an internationally famous author, best known for her "Pippi Longstocking" books. Pippi has been translated into 24 languages, and has sold several million copies in the USA alone. Mrs. Lindgren has written more than 40 other books for young readers, proving her continued popularity. This is a biography of Mrs. Lindgren's life.
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64 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1989
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Johanna Hurwitz
117 books67 followersJohanna Hurwitz is an American author of more than sixty children's books. She has sold millions of books in many different languages.
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April 17, 2023
This is nothing particularly hard-hitting but it is a nice biography of an interesting woman. I really respect Astrid Lindgren and appreciated learning more about what led to her writing children's books and all that she accomplished.
"The children were trained to behave 'with order and the fear of God, but in our playful life we were wonderfully free and never controlled.'"
"One of the teachers Astrid had in kindergarten or first grade came up with a grand idea. Every year at Christmas time, the teacher took around a catalog of children's books and magazines. Each child could order one as a holiday present. Years later Astrid Lindgren could still remember how those books smelled. It was a special smell all its own, different from everything else in the world. She thought nothing could compare to the wonderful smell of a book!"
Astrid Lindgren said, "To be alone is best. There is no loneliness that frightens me. Deep down we all remain alone. Without loneliness and poetry I believe I could hardly survive."
"That our Lord let children be children before they grew up was one of His better ideas," Astrid was fond of saying.
"The children were trained to behave 'with order and the fear of God, but in our playful life we were wonderfully free and never controlled.'"
"One of the teachers Astrid had in kindergarten or first grade came up with a grand idea. Every year at Christmas time, the teacher took around a catalog of children's books and magazines. Each child could order one as a holiday present. Years later Astrid Lindgren could still remember how those books smelled. It was a special smell all its own, different from everything else in the world. She thought nothing could compare to the wonderful smell of a book!"
Astrid Lindgren said, "To be alone is best. There is no loneliness that frightens me. Deep down we all remain alone. Without loneliness and poetry I believe I could hardly survive."
"That our Lord let children be children before they grew up was one of His better ideas," Astrid was fond of saying.
November 7, 2019
I wanted to know a little more about this author after watching the Swedish film "Becoming Astrid" on Amazon Prime. "Pippi Longstocking" wasn't one of my favorite books as a child, but there were other stories that were funny. The "Noisy Village" stories were apparently the books that she considered her best.
The book obviously skips her scandalous teenage pregnancy. The chronology at the end of the book mentions the birth year of her daughter Karin, whom she had with her husband Sture, but does not include the birth of her son Lars.
Tiina Nunnally translated the first Pippi book into English several years ago. Maybe I would enjoy Lindgren's books more if I had more confidence in the translators.
The book obviously skips her scandalous teenage pregnancy. The chronology at the end of the book mentions the birth year of her daughter Karin, whom she had with her husband Sture, but does not include the birth of her son Lars.
Tiina Nunnally translated the first Pippi book into English several years ago. Maybe I would enjoy Lindgren's books more if I had more confidence in the translators.
May 17, 2021
Easy biography for early readers and fans of Pippi.
June 4, 2011
This a very nice biography written for young children, nicely told and interesting.
November 18, 2018
I read this to get a better understanding for where Astrid was coming from when she wrote the pippi books.
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