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?
December 2019
Pippi Longstocking review – Lindgren's rule-breaker is a delight
Astrid Lindgren’s nine-year-old rebel is suitably anarchic and altruistic in a festive musical show that leaves you chuckling
May 2019
Book clinic
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
April 2018
Book of the day
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
December 2016
Book of the day
A World Gone Mad by Astrid Lindgren – war and the birth of Pippi Longstocking
The Little Library Café
Food in books: Pepparkakor from Pippi Longstocking by Astrid Lindgren
November 2016
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
March 2016
Children's books
Pippi Longstocking by Astrid Lindgren - review
EpicEmily: ‘The pictures are drawn by Lauren Child so they are very creative’
June 2015
Children's books
Karlson on the Roof by Astrid Lindgren - review
Henry IX: ‘I’d give this book 9 out of 10 because it was so good’
May 2015
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’
September 2014
Children's books
The Children of Noisy Village by Astrid Lindgren - review
Prince Caspian: 'The children have lots of fun exploring, having adventures and making dens'
September 2007
The naughtiest girl in the world
Sean French reveals the strange story behind the creation of Astrid Lindgren's Pippi Longstocking, one of children's literature's most enduring heroines.
