Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The Christian Science Church, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The Church publishes the Monitor ...

The books come in celebration of late author Astrid Lindgren’s 80th birthday Amanda Gomez Sutton Foster is bringing a beloved book character to life in a whole new way. The Tony Award winner, 49, will ...

Montreal publisher Drawn & Quarterly will soon have its hands full, thanks to a certain mischievous, pigtailed redhead. This September, D&Q’s children’s imprint, Enfant, will release Pippi Moves In, ...

Braid your hair, put on some striped stockings and head out to Ballard for a celebration of a certain Swedish redhead. Dress up as your favorite character from the Pippi Longstocking stories and get ...

With how well Paddington did, we know this is going to be good (Picture: Columbia Pictures/ Astrid Lindgren) It’s time to bring your childhood memories to life because a Pippi Longstocking movie is in ...

Created by Astrid Lindgren (1907-2002), the "Pippi Longstocking" series of kids' books was inspired by a story that the Swedish writer made up for her daughter, who was sick and off school one winter ...

Swedish writer Astrid Lindgren introduced the world to “Pippi Longstocking” in 1945. Rambunctious, red-pigtailed Pippi is beloved the world over, especially in Sweden — where people are really mad ...

Iconic children’s book character Pippi Longstocking will be reimagined as a homeless Roma girl living in the Stockholm suburb of Rinkeby, Radio Sweden reported this week. The idea to revamp Astrid ...

Way back in 2010, Debra Granik teased out one of the most powerful performances for a female lead in recent cinematic history via Jennifer Lawrence in Winter's Bone. Now it seems that she has set her ...