Pippi is based on the books by Swedish author Astrid Lindgren.
Lindgren's daughter Karin asked her mother for a story when she was home from school sick one day,thus Pippi was born.
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| Pippi was an unusual character. |
Karin also named Pippi.
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| She lives with her monkey friend and her horse,but no adults. Pippi's clothes are patched. |
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| She always wears thigh high, mismatched socks. |
The first Pippi book was rejected when first submitted to a publisher in 1944, but was finally published in 1945.
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| She has some bright bloomers. |
Lindgren went on to publish a total of 11 Pippi books.
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| Probably Pippi's most famous trait is her crazy red braids. They aren't supposed to curl up this much, but this girls braids won't stay in place. |
This exact design was made in several sizes, including a tiny Pippi about 5" tall. This particular Pippi measures 16 tall to the top of her head,but her braids add another 3"!
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| Wow! Those sunspots in the lower right corner are pretty cool! |
There have also been several Pippi movies made,and probably even more dolls.
This girl is made by Omega Toy.
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| The Astrid Lundgren licensing,sign of an authentic Pippi. |
Tomorrow is another doll. See you then.
I didn't have a Pippi doll either, but read the books and watched the movies. If I remember right, her Dad was always away on adventures and that's why she was alone. But its been a long time and I could have mixed her up with another character. If it makes you feel any better, I LOVED her red hair, freckles and smiley face. I would have been friends with you. :)
ReplyDeleteAccording to Wikipedia, her dad is a lost at sea sea captain, who later is found on an island in the South Seas. That might be the plot of Pippi in the South Seas? I haven't read the books, but child Fuzz read or was read the first one in school and liked it very much.
DeleteWell thank you! We can say we are friends now.