Pippi in the South Seas (Pippi Longstocking)

This is one of my favorite books from my childhood. I got the book as a present one summer when I was nine years old. The story was very entertaining for me at the time.
Pippi in the South Seas is a sequel with new adventures of Pippi Longstocking.
At the beginning of the story is a beautiful

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description of the small town where Pippi Longstocking lives. Many other details from this beautiful story are easy to picture.
Pippi is a brave girl who always says what is on her mind. She isn’t afraid to confront older people with her opinion. She is special in other ways, too. Pippi is supernaturally strong. She can fight against mean and dangerous people. She doesn’t go to school but has a quick mind. She is playful, imaginative and energetic. Pippi Longstocking is a synonym for independence and freedom. She is a child who lives alone with pets in her Vila. Siblings Tommi and Annica are her neighbors and best friends. She is very kind, cheerful and protective towards them.
The real adventure starts when Pippi's father, the king of a small island in the South Seas, takes the children with him on an unforgettable trip.
This book is a delightful classic.

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This time Pippi really does leave for her father's island, and takes Annika and Tommy with her. It's fun and cute and Pippi does all the things children wish they could do. As a child, I didn't know that there were sequels to the original book, but I'm happy to see that there are.

My kids love Pippi. They love how she does all the things they aren't supposed to do, she's a kind of transgressive fantasy. But she does it all with such a good heart; this little smart-alack is motivated by love, confidence, and a tremendous sense of humor. If you are looking for A girl role

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models that are still funny and fun to read, Pippi is the way to go.

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Everyone should read Pippi. She is a beacon of joy.

Pippi is a girl with amazing strength, but not manners. Her friends Tommy and Annika, live next door to Pippi's house, Villa Villekula, where she lives alone. Her father is a king of a remote island, and her mother is dead. Pippi does not go to school; she doesn't even have a job! Pippi lives off

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of her piles of gold around her house. The main adventure in this book comes with a letter. The letter is from Pippi's father asking her to come to his island. Ofcourse, she says yes. Tommy and Annika are distraught at the thought of Pippi leaving for so long, maybe even forever! Pippi gets permission from their parents to let them go. (copied and pasted from Amazon)

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