Astrid Lindgren

At night, when all is quiet around the farm -- that's when the Tomten wakes up. He is the one who looks after everything while the farmer and his family are sleeping.

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...

After Tommy and Annika entice Pippi into going to school, her first-and-only day there is unlike anything they ever expected.

Only a small village boy is able to calm down a great angry bull one Easter Sunday.

Pippi and her friends, Tommy and Annika, attend the circus where Pippi walks the tightrope and wrestles with the "World's Strongest Man."

Ronia, who lives with her father and his band of robbers in a castle in the woods, causes trouble when she befriends the son of a rival robber chieftain.

Ten-year-old Lisa tells about her brothers and playmates and the happy times they spend at work and at play in their Swedish village.

Pippi will fix everything. Not only do Pippi and her friends celebrate her birthday, but we meet Pippi's long lost father, The Island King.

A collection of three previously published books: Pippi Longstocking, Pippi Goes on Board, and Pippi in the South Seas.