Pippi Goes to School (Pippi Longstocking Storybooks)

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Pippi Longstocking's long red braids are the very image of childhood rebellion. In Pippi Goes to School, our heroine's insurrectionary spirit is hardly dampened by her first taste of academe. Her friends Tommy and Annika head off bright and early at 8 a.m., "hand in hand, swinging their schoolbags." Pippi can't be bothered to get going until a little later: "At exactly ten o'clock she lifted her horse off the front porch, and a little later all the people in the town ran to their windows to see what horse it was that was running away." It's just Pippi headed for school in her own inimitable fashion. The teacher's vain attempts to teach her math and art and music fail miserably. When asked to add 7 and 5, she retorts, "If you don't know that yourself, you needn't think I'm going to tell you." It's not that Pippi's naughty, it's just that she has her own way of doing things. At the end of the day, it's she who's consoling the exhausted teacher: "You understand, Teacher, don't you, that when you have a mother who's an angel and father who's a cannibal king, and when you have sailed on the ocean all your whole life, then you don't know just how to behave in school." This slender paperback picture book is neatly adapted from the Astrid Lindgren classic Pippi Longstocking, with assistance from Lindgren herself. Michael Chesworth's lively, modernized illustrations make clever reference to the original edition, without being slavish. (Ages 4 to 8)--Claire Dederer


Book Description
Pippi Longstocking has her own special way of doing everything, even going to school. She's not about to walk, she'd rather ride her horse. And Pippi can't be bothered with spelling and math; she's more interested in drawing on the floor and finding out when Christmas vacation starts. Pippi may be ready for school, but is school ready for Pippi? Pippi Goes to School is a great introduction for young children to the wacky, wonderful world of Pippi Longstocking.

* A Picture Puffin
* Full-color illustrations
* 32 pages
* Ages 4-8


Language Notes
Text: English (translation)
Original Language: Swedish


Card catalog description
After Tommy and Annika entice Pippi into going to school, her first-and-only day there is unlike anything they ever expected.


About the Author
Astrid Lindgren, author of many popular books for children, won the Hans Christian Andersen Award for her contribution to children's literature. She lives in Sweden. Michael Chesworth is the illustrator of several children's books. He lives in Massachusetts.


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Adapted and illustrated for young children, this classic tale of Pippi's brief visit to school offers the potential for introducing this carefree character to a greater audience. A short introduction of Pippi and her eccentric lifestyle prepares readers for the wild antics that follow. The fourth chapter in the original Pippi Longstocking is followed rather closely. A few sentences are omitted throughout, but this does not detract from the meaning. For some reason, the ibex, used to illustrate the letter "I" as part of Pippi's reading lesson in the original text has been changed to an iguana. Chesworth has depicted Pippi as a zany red-haired youngster wearing oversized shoes and a much-patched blue jumper. His illustrations will entice children to pick up the book and to participate in Pippi's joyous approach to life. Part of the "Pippi Longstocking Storybook" series. 1998 (orig.


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