Pippi Longstocking

Pippi Longstocking is a fictional character that first appeared in a series of children's books by Astrid Lindgren in 1945. Pippi is a free-spirited girl with red hair in braided pig tails, who lives with a monkey named Mr. Nelson and a horse named Alfonso in a Swedish town called Villa Villakula. She has two friends named Tommy and Annika Settergren, who often accompany her on adventures. Pippi is also known for her super-human strength, which allows her to lift a horse with one hand.

Fast Facts

1. Author: Astrid Lindgren
2. Genre: children's books
3. Books in Series: 12
4. First Pippi books published in 1945 - 1948
5. Pippi books translated into more than 70 languages in more than 100 countries
6. Pippi was thought up during a bedtime story by the writer
7. First Movie Adaptation: 1949

Character Traits

1. Full Name: Pippilotta Delicatessa Windowshade Mackrelmint Efraim's Daughter Longstocking
2. Red Hair worn in braids
3. 9 years old

Adaptations

The Pippi Longstocking books have been adapted for film and television many times. An American Live-Action version was made in 1988, which was called The New Adventures of Pippi Longstocking and starred Tami Erin. An animated film was released in 1997, and then adapted into a tv series for HBO, which ran for two years.

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