Astrid Lindgren

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A Pushkin theme park? How about Discworld World, StephenKingLand …
After many children’s book attractions, an ‘immersive experience’ based on the poet’s fairytales is planned in Russia. Isn’t it time for more adult resorts?

Alison Flood

20, Jan, 2020 @8:45 AM

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Pippi Longstocking review – Lindgren's rule-breaker is a festive delight
Astrid Lindgren’s nine-year-old rebel is suitably anarchic and altruistic in a festive musical show that leaves you chuckling

Michael Billington

19, Dec, 2019 @11:52 AM

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Book clinic: What can I give a child to help them with losing a parent?
Nonfiction and novels to support young people dealing with grief

Kate Kellaway

25, May, 2019 @4:59 PM

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Astrid Lindgren: The Woman Behind Pippi Longstocking by Jens Andersen – review
A thoughtful biography of the children’s author reveals an exuberant nonconformist whose eventful life was touched by tragedy

Nicci Gerrard

03, Apr, 2018 @6:00 AM

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A World Gone Mad by Astrid Lindgren – war and the birth of Pippi Longstocking
These 1939-45 diaries from the Swedish children’s author, which feature roast reindeer and sorrow across Europe, are oddly cheering

Joe Moran

30, Dec, 2016 @7:30 AM

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Karin Nyman: My mother Astrid Lindgren, and the night I named Pippi Longstocking
The celebrated author’s daughter recalls Sweden during wartime, and the night she came up with the name for one of children’s literature’s great heroines

Karin Nyman

07, Nov, 2016 @10:00 AM

Pippi Longstocking by Astrid Lindgren - review
EpicEmily: ‘The pictures are drawn by Lauren Child so they are very creative’

EpicEmily

06, Mar, 2016 @9:00 AM

Karlson on the Roof by Astrid Lindgren - review
Henry IX: ‘I’d give this book 9 out of 10 because it was so good’

Henry IX

24, Jun, 2015 @11:00 AM

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Astrid Lindgren's second world war diaries published in Sweden
The Pippi Longstocking author’s personal account of the years 1939-45 acclaimed as a ‘shocking history lesson’

Alison Flood

13, May, 2015 @8:35 AM

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The Children of Noisy Village by Astrid Lindgren - review

Prince Caspian: 'The children have lots of fun exploring, having adventures and making dens'

Prince Caspian

10, Sep, 2014 @8:00 AM

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Review: Pippi Longstocking by Astrid Lindgren

Sean French reveals the strange story behind the creation of Astrid Lindgren's Pippi Longstocking, one of children's literature's most enduring heroines.

Sean French

15, Sep, 2007 @10:44 PM

Obituary: Astrid Lindgren
Children's writer whose independent heroine Pippi Longstocking helped her sell 80m books.

Nicolette Jones

29, Jan, 2002 @2:34 AM

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