Astrid Lindgren Karlsson On The Roof

This is the first book about karlsson on the roof perhaps astrid lindgren s most controversial creation besides pippi longstocking.

Astrid lindgren karlsson on the roof.

With his irreverent attitude toward the establishment he probably had a very important function to fill in the former soviet union. With the propeller on his back he flies around over vasastan in stockholm and lands in his own messy little house on the roof of an ordinary block of flats where the very ordinary lillebror lives with his very ordinary family. Up on the roof of an altogether normal house on an altogether normal street in stockholm lives a mister whose name is karlsson. A friend recommended we read karlson on the roof based on our love of pippi and we haven t been disappointed.

Karlsson på taket is a character who figures in a series of children s books by the swedish author astrid lindgren a cartoon adaptation of the series became popular in the soviet union when it was released in the 1970s. It was a place where astrid became more than anybody else did the people s author. It is even funnier than pippi longstocking also written by astrid lindgren. 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.

In russia karlsson on the roof is the most popular character of them all. These adaptations are still celebrated as an integral part of the russian cartoon industry. My sons appreciate this book because the protagonist smidge is a seven year old boy my daughters also enjoyed this story.