Suzanne Bhargava’s Reviews > Pippi Longstocking > Status Update

I read this to a grade 2 class (ages 7-8) and they absolutely loved Pippi. Personally, while I liked the story, and value the book for its appeal to children (she’s outrageous! She’s strong! She’s naughty! She had no parents!), I didn’t enjoy it as a read-aloud. The language doesn’t flow well enough, and there’s a racist bit that took me by surprise mid-sentence. That was a big deal-breaker for me.