Pippi Longstocking

Main Ideas

• Pippi Longstocking is a girl living alone in her home, Villa Villekulla, with a monkey named Mr. Nilsson and a horse that has no name.
• The independence and self-reliance of the main character, who doesn't conform to societal norms and lives by her own rules.
• The friendship and adventures of Pippi with two neighboring children, Tommy and Annika.
• Pippi's cleverness, strength, and kindness as she helps others and protects the weak.
• Critique of adults and their rules through the lens of Pippi's childlike honesty and directness.
• Imagination and fantasy as ways to overcome difficulties and everyday routine.