The books come in celebration of late author Astrid Lindgren’s 80th birthday Amanda Gomez Sutton Foster is bringing a beloved book character to life in a whole new way. The Tony Award winner, 49, will ...

Montreal publisher Drawn & Quarterly will soon have its hands full, thanks to a certain mischievous, pigtailed redhead. This September, D&Q’s children’s imprint, Enfant, will release Pippi Moves In, ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The Christian Science Church, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The Church publishes the Monitor ...

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Created by Astrid Lindgren (1907-2002), the "Pippi Longstocking" series of kids' books was inspired by a story that the Swedish writer made up for her daughter, who was sick and off school one winter ...

Iconic children’s book character Pippi Longstocking will be reimagined as a homeless Roma girl living in the Stockholm suburb of Rinkeby, Radio Sweden reported this week. The idea to revamp Astrid ...

Way back in 2010, Debra Granik teased out one of the most powerful performances for a female lead in recent cinematic history via Jennifer Lawrence in Winter's Bone. Now it seems that she has set her ...

Pippi Longstocking, the fictional character of late Swedish author Astrid Lindgren, turns 70 this year and to move along with the times the books will no longer include the n-word. In Lindgren's ...