Monthly Challenge, by Astrid
Assignment: Book jacket illustration for a Pippi Longstocking book, by author Astrid Lindgren. Below you find a couple of extracts from the Pippi Longstocking world, choose anything that inspires you, and that fits the title of the book cover you choose. Treat it as a possible portfolio piece, you can add text or not, it's up to you. Most of all, have fun!
Due: November 30 2007
Size: Any cover size
The book titles to choose from:
Pippi in the South Seas
Plot Outline: Mr. and Mrs. Settergren are going on holiday. Inexplicably they decide to leave Tommy and Annika behind, in the 'care' of their neighbour Pippi Longstocking, the 'strongest girl in the World'. Hardly have the three friends begun to enjoy their freedom, when Pippi gets a 'bottle post' message from her father, Captain Ephraim Longstocking, who has been captured by fierce pirates and is being held captive on a tropical island, undergoing threats of starvation in an effort to force him to divulge the whereabouts of his buried treasure. Naturally Pippi must rescue her beloved Papa, and she and her two trusty companions - and the pesky monkey Mr. Nilsson - set off forthwith for the South Seas in a makeshift balloon that Pippi refers to as her 'Myskodile'. When the balloon - with Pippi's bed slung underneath! - deflates and leaves them stranded atop a mountain-crag, the trio continue first on foot, and then perched perilously on top of a ramshackle aeroplane knocked together from scrap and kept aloft by pedal-power courtesy of Annika and Pippi! However, this too breaks down and they crash-land on a deserted island. Stranded briefly, they build a hut in the manner of Robinson Crusoe. Tricking a shipload of conveniently passing pirates, Pippi, Tommy and Annika steal their galleon and continue on to the island where Captain Longstocking is being held. After many adventures and tricky encounters with the bolshy buccaneers, Pippi rescues her father and they flee the island. But the angry pirates are in hot pursuit - can Pippi and her friends escape their clutches, rescue Captain Longstocking's marooned crew and recover his treasure in time?
or a cover for any of these stories:
Pippi Longstocking
Pippi Longstocking, Astrid Lindgren's irrepressible, freckle-faced heroine, returns to wreak havoc on Mrs. Prysselius, Kling and Klang, her pals Annika and Tommy, and the rest of the denizens of her otherwise sleepy village
Pippi Goes on Board:
The fun-loving Miss Pippi frustrates crooks bent on stealing her bag of gold. She also gets involved in many other adventures when she must watch over Tommy and Annika while her father sails away to the land of Taka-Tuka.
Pippi on Holiday
Pippi's After Christmas Party
Pippi Longstocking in the Park
Inspiration and ressources:
Pippi Longstocking (theme song of the movie)
Freckles on her nose,
Diddle diddle dee,
a girl came riding
Into town one day
Diddle diddle she was quite a sight.
It‘s Pippi Longstocking;
Heigh ho ho wa hee ha ha!
It‘s Pippi Longstocking;
There‘s no one like her.
Happy as can be,
Diddle diddle, Pippi tells you stories.
You just wait and see,
Tra la la la la, she‘s quite a girl.
She‘s got a house,
An old and funny house,
A monkey and a horse,
A suitcase full of golden coins....
And you will ne-
Ver ever ever find
Another girl so strong
And always generous and kind.
Pippi‘s world is fun,
Diddle diddle dee;
she makes kids happy.
Her make believe may stun--
Diddle did(dle) -- the grownups here in town.
Pippi‘s quite unique,
Diddle diddle, with her smile disarming;
She is such an imp,
Tra la la la la, you‘ll love her too!
story extract: (source: http://www.sweden.se/templates/cs/Article____11230.aspx)
There is a sign in a shop window in the small town where she lives that reads, ‘DO YOU SUFFER FROM FRECKLES?’ Pippi doesn’t. She isn’t interested in the anti-freckle cream on offer but nevertheless goes into the shop to makes her position clear. “No, I don’t suffer from freckles,” she declares. “But my dear child,” says the startled assistant, “your whole face is covered in them.” “I know,” says Pippi, “but I don’t suffer from them. I like them. Good morning!”
About Pippi:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pippi_Longstocking
http://www.astridlindgren.se/index_1024.htm
http://www.sweden.se/templates/cs/Article____11230.aspx
http://pippilongstocking.ytmnd.com/
Next Challenge: To be posted Dec 1st. Who's turn is it Courtney?
Due: November 30 2007
Size: Any cover size
The book titles to choose from:
Pippi in the South Seas
Plot Outline: Mr. and Mrs. Settergren are going on holiday. Inexplicably they decide to leave Tommy and Annika behind, in the 'care' of their neighbour Pippi Longstocking, the 'strongest girl in the World'. Hardly have the three friends begun to enjoy their freedom, when Pippi gets a 'bottle post' message from her father, Captain Ephraim Longstocking, who has been captured by fierce pirates and is being held captive on a tropical island, undergoing threats of starvation in an effort to force him to divulge the whereabouts of his buried treasure. Naturally Pippi must rescue her beloved Papa, and she and her two trusty companions - and the pesky monkey Mr. Nilsson - set off forthwith for the South Seas in a makeshift balloon that Pippi refers to as her 'Myskodile'. When the balloon - with Pippi's bed slung underneath! - deflates and leaves them stranded atop a mountain-crag, the trio continue first on foot, and then perched perilously on top of a ramshackle aeroplane knocked together from scrap and kept aloft by pedal-power courtesy of Annika and Pippi! However, this too breaks down and they crash-land on a deserted island. Stranded briefly, they build a hut in the manner of Robinson Crusoe. Tricking a shipload of conveniently passing pirates, Pippi, Tommy and Annika steal their galleon and continue on to the island where Captain Longstocking is being held. After many adventures and tricky encounters with the bolshy buccaneers, Pippi rescues her father and they flee the island. But the angry pirates are in hot pursuit - can Pippi and her friends escape their clutches, rescue Captain Longstocking's marooned crew and recover his treasure in time?
or a cover for any of these stories:
Pippi Longstocking
Pippi Longstocking, Astrid Lindgren's irrepressible, freckle-faced heroine, returns to wreak havoc on Mrs. Prysselius, Kling and Klang, her pals Annika and Tommy, and the rest of the denizens of her otherwise sleepy village
Pippi Goes on Board:
The fun-loving Miss Pippi frustrates crooks bent on stealing her bag of gold. She also gets involved in many other adventures when she must watch over Tommy and Annika while her father sails away to the land of Taka-Tuka.
Pippi on Holiday
Pippi's After Christmas Party
Pippi Longstocking in the Park
Inspiration and ressources:
Pippi Longstocking (theme song of the movie)
Freckles on her nose,
Diddle diddle dee,
a girl came riding
Into town one day
Diddle diddle she was quite a sight.
It‘s Pippi Longstocking;
Heigh ho ho wa hee ha ha!
It‘s Pippi Longstocking;
There‘s no one like her.
Happy as can be,
Diddle diddle, Pippi tells you stories.
You just wait and see,
Tra la la la la, she‘s quite a girl.
She‘s got a house,
An old and funny house,
A monkey and a horse,
A suitcase full of golden coins....
And you will ne-
Ver ever ever find
Another girl so strong
And always generous and kind.
Pippi‘s world is fun,
Diddle diddle dee;
she makes kids happy.
Her make believe may stun--
Diddle did(dle) -- the grownups here in town.
Pippi‘s quite unique,
Diddle diddle, with her smile disarming;
She is such an imp,
Tra la la la la, you‘ll love her too!
story extract: (source: http://www.sweden.se/templates/cs/Article____11230.aspx)
There is a sign in a shop window in the small town where she lives that reads, ‘DO YOU SUFFER FROM FRECKLES?’ Pippi doesn’t. She isn’t interested in the anti-freckle cream on offer but nevertheless goes into the shop to makes her position clear. “No, I don’t suffer from freckles,” she declares. “But my dear child,” says the startled assistant, “your whole face is covered in them.” “I know,” says Pippi, “but I don’t suffer from them. I like them. Good morning!”
About Pippi:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pippi_Longstocking
http://www.astridlindgren.se/index_1024.htm
http://www.sweden.se/templates/cs/Article____11230.aspx
http://pippilongstocking.ytmnd.com/
Next Challenge: To be posted Dec 1st. Who's turn is it Courtney?
3 Comments:
I nominate Rebecca, aka Artipantz.
yahoooooooo!!! Pippi!!!! Thank yuo for not posting a holiday theme. I think we will all find this a lovely release from holiday mess. I just want to thank everybody for this opportunity. Thank you for the nomination Courtney. Of course its an honor just to be nominated. I will try not to disappoint.
I agree. Holiday stuff is too predictable, and we're sure to get that as a topic for I-Fri anyway! haha! Man, I'm going to have to do some rereading. I can't remember the last time I read a Pippi story. Wonderful topic choice Astrid!
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