STOCKHOLM, Sweden (AP) _ Popular children’s writer Astrid Lindgren, creator of the braided, freethinking Pippi Longstocking, died Monday. She was 94. Reaching into her childhood memories of the ...

Popular Swedish author Astrid Lindgren, creator of the freckle-faced, free-spirited Pippi Longstocking, died on Monday at the age of 94. Reaching into her childhood memories of the Swedish countryside ...

The books come in celebration of late author Astrid Lindgren’s 80th birthday Carly Tagen-Dye is the Books editorial assistant at PEOPLE, where she writes for both print and digital platforms. Amanda ...

Pippi Longstocking is coming to the big screen. Studiocanal and Heyday Films, who partnered on the successful “Paddington” features, have joined forces with the Astrid Lindgren Company to work up the ...

Astrid Lindgren, Author, Marit Trnqvist, Illustrator Arthur A. Levine Books $16.95 (48p) ISBN 978-0-439-62796-2 Marit Tarnqvist reimagines Astrid Lindgren's wistful tale of two children ""left alone ...

Paddington duo Studiocanal and David Heyman are teaming with the Astrid Lindgren Company to develop a movie based on the classic Pippi Longstocking story. Jeffrey Clifford and Rosie Alison will also ...

The Swedish author Astrid Lindgren (1907-2002) is beloved around the world for her best-selling children's books (most notably “Pippi Longstocking”), but “Becoming Astrid” doesn't primarily concern ...

Yvonne Draheim, LL.M., Dr. Patrick Fromlowitz, LL.M. In 1969, the defendant lyricist of the song "Hey, Pippi Langstrumpf" was asked to write the lyrics of the theme song for the German-Swedish ...

STOCKHOLM, Sweden -- Writer Astrid Lindgren, whose freethinking character Pippi Longstocking has been cherished by youngsters around the world for decades, died yesterday. She was 94. Drawing on her ...

“Tell me a story,” begged 7-year-old Karin, who was bedridden with pneumonia. “Tell me about Pippi Longstocking.” Her mother creatively complied, and a few years later when she was bedridden with her ...