This classic novel for children features a heroine who is super-strong, independent, and lives just as she pleases. Although 9-year-old Pippi is all alone, Lindgren makes it clear that she is to be envied, not pitied.

She had no mother or father, which was actually quite nice, because it meant that no one could tell her that she had to go to bed just when she was having the most fun.

Her amusing antics are a source of shock and interest to the inhabitants of the tiny Swedish town where she lives, particularly to the children who live next door.