Pippi Långstrump
by Astrid Lindgren
Chapter book · ages 8–12 · grades 3–7 · 620L · 144 pages · 2020
Why we'd hand it over
The original eccentric-girl prototype — anarchic, hilarious, and genuinely liberating for kids who feel too odd; the rollicking silliness never gets tired because Lindgren keeps raising the stakes of Pippi's impossible feats.