Character Introduction 006

My name is Pippi Longstocking

Mom is an angel, Dad is the king of Kurkurdut Island 009
The World's Busiest Discovery 025
Pippi is a single person 042
The One Reason Children Need School 055
Our Secret Place 070
Taming the Bad Bull 086
103 Circus-Stunning Tricks
Dance with Thieves 122
Happy Birthday, Pippi! 134

Pippi Little Millionaire

Frugality is bad 155
Robinson Crusoe Game 183
Captain Potbelly 217
What is a breakup? 232
As expected, 246

Pippi doesn't want to grow up

Do you know Sphinx? 263
The Miserly Grandmother's Charity 277
Letter from Across the Sea 292
Yahoo, we're pirates! 302
Welcome Ceremony for the Fat King and the Freckled Princess 312
War with the Sharks 324
Two villains invade an island populated only by children. 336
Villain 354: Falling into His Own Plot
360 back to the messy villa
I don't want to be an adult 369

Author's Chronology 387

★I wanted to live like Pippi._ Baek Hee-na (2020 Astrid Lindgren Memorial Literature Award Winner)
★Beep was my childhood idol. - Michelle Obama (First Lady of the 44th President of the United States)
★What Pippi cares about isn't 'rules,' but 'people.' _ Alicia Vikander (actress, star of the film 'Tomb Raider')
★Now more than ever, we need courageous girls like Pippi Longstocking—girls who speak up, dress as they please, and aren't afraid of authority. _ Jan Eliasson (Former UN Under-Secretary-General)
★Pippi Longstocking, who showed that girls can have their own power, is inspiring children around the world. _ Jakob Hallgren (Former Swedish Ambassador to Korea)

Loved by Nobel Prize-winning author Han Kang
A masterpiece by world-renowned author Astrid Lindgren
Special full-color edition commemorating the 80th anniversary of the publication of the Pippi series

To celebrate the 80th anniversary of the Pippi Longstocking series in 2025, a special edition of Pippi Longstocking was published.
This book can be seen as a single volume of the essence of the Pippi Longstocking series, a representative work of Astrid Lindgren, whom Nobel Prize-winning author Han Kang counts as “the author who inspired her childhood.”
Among the three Pippi series published in Korea (My Name is Pippi Longstocking, Pippi the Little Millionaire, and Pippi Doesn't Want to Grow Up), this book contains 24 Pippi stories personally selected by Lindgren and carefully refined.
So, domestic readers can fully experience the 'free and cheerful Pippi' that runs through the entire Pippi series in this one book.

The lively and refreshing story of 'Pippi Longstocking, the Girl Who Wasn't There', created by world-renowned author Astrid Lindgren in 1945, has been given new life and personality through the unique illustrations of first edition artist Ingrid Van Nyman.
Artist Ingrid Van Nyman, to whom Lindgren expressed her heartfelt gratitude, saying, “Any writer lucky enough to find an artist who feels the same way about his books will be forever grateful to that artist.” In this book, Pippi, with her unique drawing style and intense colors, has the “power of an original.”
Therefore, I expect that any reader who reads this book will gladly jump into the bizarre, delightful, refreshing and exhilarating adventure of Pippi Longstocking, invited by Lindgren X Bang Niemann.

Not being intimidated by the authority of adults
An invincible girl who speaks her mind confidently and boldly.
Pippi Longstocking, the mischievous girl who represents the hearts of children,
The power of free and cheerful cheer and comfort!

The first publication of Pippi Longstocking's stories in 1945 was not without its challenges.
Adults' concerns and anxieties about whether the beeper, which often causes trouble for adults and is good at lying, would have a negative influence on children prevented its publication.
But as soon as it was published, Pippi captivated both children and adults.
Because Pippi is a protagonist who represents the hearts of children and all those who were once children.

In any era, children are beings who clash with the existing order.
Children grow through the process of adapting to the existing world and also changing it.
Growing pains are not easy for anyone, but they are unavoidable.
That is why Pippi, who shakes up the adult world without hesitation and fearlessly unfolds her own world, brings a sense of liberation and exhilaration to children and all adults who have gone through childhood.

Children grow up to be 'one person' who is not intimidated by adults, does not fall asleep, and speaks up boldly as they watch Pippi, the invincible girl who holds her horse high above her head, scolds bad thieves, and is not intimidated by teachers and police.
"What does a child know?" "Talking back to an adult is something only a spoiled child would do," confined by the adult rule, the Pippi approaches the child as a breathing space, unable to say anything even when he or she is upset, frustrated, or wronged.
Through pagers, children gain the strength and courage to move forward as independent beings, rather than as dependent beings who must blindly follow the words and instructions of adults.

Adults also look back on their childhood and begin to take a hard look at the way they treat and treat children as adults.
We recognize children not as passive, flat beings who must be unilaterally cared for, but as beings with minds and thoughts equal to those of adults, and as independent beings who actively express their own thoughts.
So, both children and adults get a valuable opportunity to understand each other and coexist through pagers.

However, this does not mean that pagers arbitrarily destroy the existing order.
We create new stories in the world, find play and friends, rediscover the little things hidden in the world, stand on the side of the weak, and create our own world in our own way.
That free, just, and creative life is something everyone dreams of, and if you think about it, it's something anyone can achieve.
Because Pippi is a being that allows us to indirectly experience the life we ​​all dream of and dream of our own world, she enjoys popularity that transcends national borders and eras.

The charm of 'Pippi Longstocking' that captivates both children and adults

Meanwhile, Pippi has a talent that no one can match: making up stories.
The adventures she had while sailing with her father are actually absurd, but Pippi talks about them so earnestly that I can't help but listen intently.
They also show unique ideas from different perspectives on the same issue.
For example, this is what is said to the police officers who try to force Pippi to go to daycare.
“I already live in a children’s home.
I am a child and this is my home.
So this house is a daycare center.
“This house is big enough for me to live in alone.” (My Name is Pippi Longstocking) She says this when she goes to see a play.
“If you promise to look with only one eye, can you get in for half price?” (Pippi Longstocking)

The important thing is that Pippi has a warm heart and a free imagination.
I think what adults should fear is not Pippi's gold or power, but rather her attitude of looking at the world positively and with her own standards.
For people these days, who are easily swayed by other people's standards and words, regardless of age, Pippi's figure of believing in her own thoughts and acting according to her own thoughts goes beyond vicarious satisfaction and even makes them want to emulate her.
This is precisely why we, who grow as much as we believe in ourselves, must read this book.

Its value as a literary work recognized as a classic masterpiece

On the other hand, the charm of the 'story' itself, which is full of emotion, fun, and literary value, is also an undeniable strength of the Pippi series.
Pippi's witty and eccentric antics always make people laugh, but there are also times when she feels meaningful, like when she gives money to thieves after making them suffer, saying it's "money she earned with honor."
Astrid Lindgren's charm as a storyteller, who embeds sharp lessons in her witty remarks and never loses her humor, will introduce young readers to the joy of literature and allow adult readers to experience the timeless power of classics.
So, readers who encounter this book will be drawn into a world of adventure by the cheerful, provocative, and free-spirited 'most Pippi-like Pippi.'
Let's all listen together to Pippi's story, which still has the power to immerse readers and keep them reading until the end, 80 years after its first publication.

*The special edition of "Pippi Longstocking," published in 2025 to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the Pippi series, contains 24 Pippi stories personally selected by Pippi's mother, Astrid Lindgren, and the unique appearance of Pippi expressed in the illustrations of the first edition artist, Ingrid Van Nyman.
You can also see character introductions and Lindgren's chronology.