Astrid Lindgren Karlsson On The Roof

It is even funnier than pippi longstocking also written by astrid lindgren.

Astrid lindgren karlsson on the roof.

Karlsson on the roof according to karlsson he is a handsome thoroughly clever and suitably portly man in his prime. With his irreverent attitude toward the establishment he probably had a very important function to fill in the former soviet union. It was a place where astrid became more than anybody else did the people s author. These adaptations are still celebrated as an integral part of the russian cartoon industry.

This book is hilarious. My sons appreciate this book because the protagonist smidge is a seven year old boy my daughters also enjoyed this story. Up on the roof of an altogether normal house on an altogether normal street in stockholm lives a mister whose name is karlsson. In russia karlsson on the roof is the most popular character of them all.

A friend recommended we read karlson on the roof based on our love of pippi and we haven t been disappointed. This is the first book about karlsson on the roof perhaps astrid lindgren s most controversial creation besides pippi longstocking. Hans christian a astrid anna emilia lindgren née ericsson 1907 2002 was a swedish children s book author and screenwriter whose many titles were translated into 85 languages and published in more than 100.