Pippi Longstockings
Pippilotta Delicatessa Windowshade Mackrelmint Ephraim's Daughter Longstocking is her full name .
Pippi lives alone with her monkey, Mr. Nilsson, and her horse, Old Man, in an old house named Villa Villekulla, located in a small Swedish village. Her friends and next-door neighbors, Tommy and Annika Settergren, accompany her on her adventures; though the children's father disapproves of Pippi's sometimes coarse manners and lack of education, Mrs. Settergren knows that Pippi would never put Tommy and Annika in harm's way, and that Pippi values her friendship with the pair above nearly all else in her life.
The problem in the book "Pippi Longstocking" is that Pippi needs to go to a children's home (orphanage). The climax comes in the middle, when the police try to get Pippi into a home. The solution is that Pippi doesn't go. She stays in her home.
Pippi Longstocking - 1998 Pippi Is Shipwrecked 1-11 was released on: USA: 8 August 1998
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Pippi Longstockings
Pippi longstockings
Pippi Longstocking has red hair, with braided pigtails. She has a lot of freckles, and big white teeth. She is usually seen wearing a blue jumper.
Pippilotta Delicatessa Windowshade Mackrelmint Ephraim's Daughter Longstocking is her full name .
Pippi Longstocking had remarkable red braids that stuck out. Her father was a pirate. She traveled the world in search of her missing pirate father even though she was only 9 years old.
Pippi Longstocking's dad's ship is named Hoppetossa.
Pippi lives alone with her monkey, Mr. Nilsson, and her horse, Old Man, in an old house named Villa Villekulla, located in a small Swedish village. Her friends and next-door neighbors, Tommy and Annika Settergren, accompany her on her adventures; though the children's father disapproves of Pippi's sometimes coarse manners and lack of education, Mrs. Settergren knows that Pippi would never put Tommy and Annika in harm's way, and that Pippi values her friendship with the pair above nearly all else in her life.
In the Pippi Longstocking stories, Pippi's father is believed to be a sea captain lost at sea. Pippi tells her friends that she is waiting for him to return, but his fate is left ambiguous in the stories.
Good question. The thing is that the story of Pippi Longstocking occurs in a "real world" or a world very similar to ours. But, she has some uncommon abilities that sets Pippi apart from the category of "a normal child". She doesn't have magic, but the story is fantastical for the things she does. It could be classified as "low fantasy" or "magical realism". You may have a look at the low fantasy page on Wikipedia to enhance the term and its usage. See the related link below.
Children's Literature
Tami Erin does the voice of Pippi in The new adventures of Pippi Longstocking.