Astrid Lindgren, Author, Marit Trnqvist, Illustrator Arthur A. Levine Books $16.95 (48p) ISBN 978-0-439-62796-2 Marit Tarnqvist reimagines Astrid Lindgren's wistful tale of two children ""left alone ...

Astrid Lindgren spent many summers on the island of Furusund, and she wrote many of her books there. In her 70s and 80s, when she had already become an icon in Sweden and was receiving piles of ...

A Swedish museum has introduced a Ukrainian-language installation devoted to the works of Astrid Lindgren, author of Karlsson ...

A new biopic, partly based on a 2015 biography of Swedish children’s writer Astrid Lindgren, being screened at the ongoing Berlin film festival, looks at the grief and heartache that led Lindgren to ...

Shirley Hughes and Malorie Blackman are among the nominees for the world’s largest children’s literature prize, won in May of this year by Meg Rosoff A series of images from the work of Belgian ...

The former home of children's book writer Astrid Lindgren, known internationally for the Pippi Longstocking series, is being opened to the public — except for children. Starting Saturday, the Astrid ...

Belgian illustrator and author Kitty Crowther has won the 2010 Astrid Lindgren Memorial award, named after the Swedish creator of Pippi Longstocking, the fund that awards the prize said Wednesday. The ...

Dutch children's author Guus Kuijer on Tuesday won the 2012 Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award, named after the Swedish creator of Pippi Longstocking, said the fund that awards the prize. Dutch children's ...

Dutch children's author Guus Kuijer on Tuesday won the 2012 Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award, named after the Swedish creator of Pippi Longstocking, said the fund that awards the prize. "Kuijer combines ...

Sweden’s Astrid Lindgren Award is one of the highest awards for books for young people. It was awarded to the French fairytale master, Jean-Claude Mourlevat. One of the most prestigious prizes for ...