Astrid Lindgren
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English
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"Pippi moves into in a house at the edge of a Swedish village with a horse, a monkey, a suitcase full of gold, and no grown-ups to tell her what to do. She has upside-down braids and is wild and funny and her crazy ideas have a way of making anything exciting! Naturally, the children next door, Tommy and Annika are curious about their new neighbor. The three children have the most rollicking adventures on their own, with horses and monkeys, the circus,...
2) The Tomten
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English
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On a bitterly cold winter night at a lonely farm in the woods, when all the people are asleep, the Tomten comes out from the hayloft and talks to the animals in Tomten language which they can understand of summer that will come again.
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English
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These personal diaries by the author of Pippi Longstocking chronicle her experiences in Europe during WWII and her astute observations of the conflict.
Before she became internationally known for her Pippi Longstocking books, Astrid Lindgren was an aspiring author living in Stockholm with her family at the outbreak of the Second World War. The diaries she kept throughout the hostilities offer her unique perspective, as a civilian, a mother, and an...
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Floris Books
Pub. Date
2020.
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English
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"Come now little one, it's time to go to sleep. All the little children are tucked up in bed. Their mamas and their papas too -- Everyone should go to sleep, now that night is near." It's bedtime, and across the land everyone is settling down to sleep. The cows are lying down in their fields, the rabbits are snug in their burrows, and the birds are resting on their branches. Except someone isn't quite ready to close their eyes just yet... A curious...
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Yale University Press
Pub. Date
2016.
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English
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Before she became internationally known for her Pippi Longstocking books, Astrid Lindgren was an aspiring author living in Stockholm with her family at the outbreak of the Second World War. The diaries she kept throughout the hostilities offer a civilian's, a mother's, and an aspiring writers unique account of the devastating conflict. She emerges as a morally courageous critic of violence and war, as well as a deeply sensitive and astute observer...
20) Lotta's bike
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R & S Books
Pub. Date
1989.
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English
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Disappointed that she didn't get a bicycle for her birthday, five- year-old Lotta, confident that she knows how to ride, decidesto take matters into her own hands and borrow the neighbor's bicycle.
Disappointed that she didn't get a bicycle for her birthday, five-year-old Lotta, confident that she knows how to ride, decides to take matters into her own hands and borrow the neighbor's bicycle.