Lindgren, Astrid

Mischievous Emil tests out a pair of stilts, rides a horse, and goes on a sleigh ride, all with predictably disastrous results.

The adventures of prankster Emil, whose exploits include stranding his little sister at the top of a flagpole, disappearing from a locked woodshed, and getting his head stuck in a soup tureen--twice.

Will Pedro be able to cope with his new little sister?.

In this book of the Pippi series, Pippi and her friends Tommy and Annike go on board ship for a long voyage.

On her fifth birthday Polly determines to prove she can ride a bicycle like her older brother and sister.

When her friends Tommy and Annika decide to run away from home, Pippi Longstocking goes along to keep an eye on them.

Angry because everyone at home is so mean, five-year-old Lotta takes her favorite toy and goes to live in a neighbor's attic.

As her mother tells her the Christmas story, a little girl visualizes it as if it were happening now on her own farm.

The escapades of a nine-year-old Swedish girl and her younger sister, as they picnic on the woodshed roof, play Moses in the bullrushes, go for a walk on the frozen river, and celebrate Christmas.