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Nine-year-old Pippi Longstocking, red-haired, freckled and strong enough to lift her horse, moves into Villa Villekulla with her monkey, Mr. Nilsson, and her horse. Her mother is dead and her father, a buccaneer captain, is missing at sea, so with a suitcase of gold coins she lives as she pleases, befriends Tommy and Annika Settergren next door and resists village authorities who want her to conform. She often mocks pompous adults, tells tall tales and tends to settle conflicts through guile rather than force. Swedish author Astrid Lindgren's daughter Karin named Pippi when she asked for a get-well story. The novel is the first of three chapter books, since translated into 80 languages and adapted for film and television.
Michelle Obama called Pippi her girl, admiring both her physical strength and her refusal to let anyone diminish her voice.
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Pippi Longstocking was my girl. I loved her strength — not just her physical power, but the idea that she wouldn’t allow her voice to be diminished by anyone.
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