Paperback, 160 pages
English language
Published April 21, 2005 by Puffin Books.
Tommy and his sister Annika have a new neighbor, and her name is Pippi Longstocking. She has crazy red pigtails, no parents to tell her what to do, a horse that lives on her porch, and a flair for the outrageous that seems to lead to one adventure after another!
According to my grandson this was a 7 (seven) book. It was much funnier than he had ever expected. Opa (me) rather enjoyed the reading, as well. The prose flows nicely and the humor is thoroughly enjoyable.
It was very different and interesting at the beginning but bored out towards the end, could have been shorter.
I remember loving these books as a kid so when I found the first one on sale I picked it up to reread. It's cute, but I really don't understand why I found it so good as a kid. Maybe just the novelty value of Pippi, living all on her own with a horse and pet monkey and doing whatever she wants?
