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A Kalle Blomkvist Mystery Living Dangerously by Astrid Lindgren
Category: CH Classics
A gripping middle-grade mystery from internationally best-selling author Astrid Lindgren.It's one year on since Master Detective Kalle Blomkvist solved the case of the great jewel robbery, and once again his sleepy little town is shaken by a dreadful crime. Mysterious circumstances surround the discover ...Show more
A Kalle Blomkvist Mystery White Rose Rescue by Astrid Lindgren
Category: CH Classics
A gripping middle-grade mystery from internationally best-selling author Astrid Lindgren.When Kalle Blomkvist witnesses a terrible kidnapping in the dead of night, he springs into action to follow the captors. Little does he know the trail of clues will lead to his most daring and dangerous adventure ye ...Show more
A World Gone Mad: The Diaries of Astrid Lindgren, 1939-45 by Astrid Lindgren
Category: Biography
Before she became internationally known for her children's books, Astrid Lindgren was an aspiring author living in Stockholm with her family at the outbreak of the Second World War. These diaries, until recently stored in a wicker laundry basket in her Dalagatan home, offer a civilian, a mother, and an ...Show more
A World Gone Mad: The Diaries of Astrid Lindgren, 1939-45 by Astrid Lindgren
Category: Biography
'God help our poor planet in the grip of this madness!' As one of the world's most famous children's writers, Astrid Lindgren championed the qualities of courage, hope, love and resistance; and her preoccupation with these qualities was already in evidence in the diaries she kept during the Second World ...Show more
Adventures of Pippi Longstocking by LINDGREN ASTRID CHESWORTH MICHAEL
Category: Children's | Series: Pippi Longstocking Ser.
An enticing, newly illustrated collection of the enduringly popular Pippi stories. Since Pippi Longstocking was first published in 1950, the escapades of the incomparable Pippi, the girl with upside-down braids and no parents to tell her what to do, have delighted boys and girls alike. Now, for the ...Show more
Astrid Lindgren's Tomten Tales: The Tomten and The Tomten and the Fox by Astrid Lindgren
Category: Picture Books
On small silent feet, the Tomten tiptoes through the snow, keeping watch over the farm on chilly winter nights. One night, a cunning fox comes by. How will the Tomten guard the chickens, and help the hungry fox? These classic stories are a delight for young children, depicting the traditional Swedish ch ...Show more
Best of Pippi Longstocking (Bind-Up) by Astrid Lindgren (illus Tony Ross)
Category: Junior Fiction
Pippi Longstocking is as popular as ever, with dedicated fans all over the world. She's funny, feisty, and incredibly strong and has the most amazing adventures ever! Here's a chance to read three books about Pippi in one volume - Pippi Longstocking, Pippi Goes Aboard, and Pippi in the South Seas. Illus ...Show more
Do You Know Pippi Longstocking? by Astrid Lindgren
Category: Picture Books | Series: Pippi Longstocking Ser.
When Pippi Longstocking moves in next door to Tommy and Annika they are completely amazed by their new playmate. Pippi is cheeky, courageous and completely unpredictable. She lives alone with a monkey, a horse, and no rules whatsoever! Everything is fun with Pippi around! In this story she performs at t ...Show more
Emil and the Great Escape by Astrid Lindgren
Category: Junior Fiction | Series: Emil
Emil doesn't mean to be bad, it's just that trouble - and fun - follow him wherever he goes. In this collection of stories Emil is up to his hilarious best and no-one is safe!
Emil and the Sneaky Rat by Astrid Lindgren, Mini Grey
Category: Junior Fiction | Series: Pippi Longstocking Ser.
There's a rat running amok in Emil's house, and he's determined to capture it. But hiding the rat trap just under his father's bed probably isn't ideal . . . That's just the start of Emil's adventures, which, once begun, never stop. Hens, dogs, little sisters - and adults - all flee his path.But Emil do ...Show more