Ten-year-old Lisa tells about her brothers and playmates and the happy times they spend at work and at play in their Swedish village.

Astrid Lindgren, author of many popular books for children, won the Hans Christian Andersen Award, among others, for her contribution to children's literature.?Astrid wrote her first story, Pippi Longstocking (Pippi Langstrump) as a birthday present for her daughter, and in?1945?Pippi Longstocking won first prize at Raben & Sjogren's Best Children's Book Competition, age 6-10. She?then worked as children's book editor at Raben & Sjogren. Astrid Lindgren is the most often read Swedish author.