Book Related News
This news just in from Waterstones.com e-newsletter:
What better way to fall in love with a country than to do so in your formative years? Anyone who read Astrid Lindgren's Pippi Longstocking as a child would have longed for a life free from adult supervision, sharing a house with a horse and a monkey in Sweden! This children's classic is being re-published in September with illustrations by British picturebook queen, Lauren Child. Known and loved as the creator of some equally feisty little girls - notably Clarice Bean and Lola - Lauren has brought her own inimitable style to this beautifully-illustrated edition of Pippi Longstocking.
I have to confess that I've never yet read Pippi Longstocking but I know she's highly regarded by lots of fans of children's literature.
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In other book-related news, David Yates has confirmed that he's going to be directing the movie of Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince. Post-production work on Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix finished a few weeks ago and the movie's due for world-wide release on July 13 (which means that this is going to be a very Potteresque summer what with Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
hitting the shops eight days later !)
6 comments:
Hmmmm . . . interesting about Lauren Childs and Pippi. I hope it's turns out well.
As do I !
Pippi is WONDERFUL. I devoured those books as a kid, but somehow I can't get my own daughters into her tales.
Oh my goodness. My kids love Lauren Childs' books. Add Pippi to the mix, and I'm sure this will be awesome.
Oh, I adore Pippi. I was Annika in a play version when I was in second grade, and my most Pippi-like friend was Pippi. It was quite perfect. Thanks for the news.
I think I'm going to have to check the OPAC for "Pippi Longstocking" on the basis of your enthusiastic responses !
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