Anyone with the name “Pippi Longstocking” has to be an interesting character. “With such an unusual name, she became an unusual girl,” noted the late Swedish author Astrid Lindgren, whose story about ...

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It's Pippi Longstocking's birthday. Why does everyone admire the strongest, bravest and most independent girl in the world? A children's book classic has the answers. "Allow me to introduce myself: ...

The popular children's book character created in Sweden by Astrid Lindgren will be 75 next year - but some of those who inspired her story can be found as far away as Papua New Guinea. Irreverent, ...

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Main Stage returned to Eureka’s Arkley Center to kick off the holidays with its limited, one weekend run of the charming, family friendly musical, “Pippi Longstocking,” performed Nov. 26 to 28 with ...

Pippi Longstocking -- the adventurous, assertive girl in the bright-red pigtails and mismatched socks who can lift a horse high above her head -- has been a muse to many. *Billed as $4.00 plus GST ...