Pippi Longstocking

Our Daily Grace!!! 

November 14, 1907 – On this day, Astrid Anna Emilia Lindgren was born and the world was graced. 

 Astrid Anna Emilia Lindgren was a Swedish writer of fiction and screenplays. She is best known for several children's book series, featuring Pippi Longstocking. 

Pippi Longstocking (full name Pippilotta Delicatessa Windowshade Mackrelmint Ephraim's Daughter Longstocking) is the main character in an eponymous series of children's books by the Swedish author Astrid Lindgren. Pippi was named by Lindgren's daughter Karin, who asked her mother for a get-well story when she was off school. Pippi is red-haired, freckled, unconventional and superhumanly strong – able to lift her horse one-handed. She is playful and unpredictable. She often makes fun of unreasonable adults, especially if they are pompous and condescending. Her anger comes out in extreme cases, such as when a man ill-treats his horse. Pippi, like Peter Pan, does not want to grow up. She is the daughter of a buccaneer captain and has adventure stories to tell about that, too. Her four best friends are her horse and monkey, and the neighbours' children, Tommy and Annika.

In celebration of the Astrid Anna Emilia Lindgren, Amazing Grace is transformed as Pippi Longstocking. 

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