Astrid Lindgren spent many summers on the island of Furusund, and she wrote many of her books there. In her 70s and 80s, when she had already become an icon in Sweden and was receiving piles of ...

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 ...

In 1945, the Swedish writer Astrid Lindgren invented Pippi Longstocking - and broke the mould of children's literature. Lindgren, who has died aged 94, conjured up a heroine who was morally and ...

In the winter of 1941, in an apartment in Stockholm, a little girl called Karin Lindgren came down with pneumonia. As she lay in bed, her mother Astrid alleviated her boredom by telling her stories ...

Th winner of the world's biggest international children's book award, the Astrid Lindgren Prize, is announced The Astrid Lindgren Prize 2014 Laureate. In 1964, Barbro Lindgren sent a book manuscript ...

STOCKHOLM (AP) — Meg Rosoff has been named the winner of the 5 million kronor ($615,000) Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award for literature aimed at children and young adults. A 59-year-old Boston native ...

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 ...

Her most famous children's book character, Pippi Longstocking, was invented in Astrid Lindgren's Stockholm home. The apartment is now opening to the public. Just in time for her 108th birthday on ...