# Pippi Longstocking by Astrid Lindgren

Hacker Approved page: https://hackerapproved.com/p/pippi-longstocking/

2 people recommended Pippi Longstocking by Astrid Lindgren in Hacker News comments, 2 had mixed feelings and 1 criticized it, November 2025 to October 2026. It was recommended in 2 of 12 months, in 2 threads. It does not meet the Hacker Approved badge rule.

1 of the 2 people who recommend it commented in one thread, “The Image Boards of Hayao Miyazaki”.

**Verdict:** People recommend it for its storytelling from a child's point of view and its thoughtful literature for kids. Critics say it is not a good book for learning to read because it lacks decodable words.

Summary written by Claude from 5 comments.

## Why people recommend it

- Tells stories from children's perspective (1 comment in the sample): "Myazaki and Lindgren have a lot in common, I think, in how they tell stories from children’s perspectives." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47682006))
- Thoughtful literature for children (1 comment in the sample): "really thoughtful literature like Astrid Lindgren's Pippi Longstocking stories" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48855073))
- Gives kids agency that resonates (1 comment in the sample): "It gave kids their own agency which resonated with kids" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48059233))

## What people warn about

- Not decodable for learning to read (1 comment in the sample): "these books aren’t the best to learn to read with, because they don’t have decodable words" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48856251))
- Some find it disturbing for kids (1 comment in the sample): "already Pippi Longstocking is pretty F-ed up" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49639354))

## Other children's books people recommend

- [Computer Engineering for Babies by Hacky Labs](https://hackerapproved.com/p/computer-engineering-for-babies/): 13 recommend, 1 mixed, 0 criticize
- [The Chronicles of Narnia by C. S. Lewis](https://hackerapproved.com/p/chronicles-of-narnia/): 7 recommend, 1 mixed, 0 criticize
- [Winnie the Pooh by A. A. Milne](https://hackerapproved.com/p/winnie-the-pooh/): 5 recommend, 0 mixed, 1 criticize
- [The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame](https://hackerapproved.com/p/wind-in-the-willows/): 4 recommend, 1 mixed, 0 criticize

## The badge

A product earns the Hacker Approved badge when at least 10 people recommend it, recommenders outnumber critics at least 2 to 1 (mixed feelings count toward neither side), it was recommended in at least 4 of the 12 months and in at least 5 different threads, and no single thread supplies more than half of the people who recommend it. Health and money products are never badged.

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Pippi Longstocking by Astrid Lindgren", https://hackerapproved.com/p/pippi-longstocking/ (2 recommend, 2 mixed, 1 criticize; Hacker News comments, November 2025 to October 2026).

Counts updated 2 Nov 2026, with data through October 31, 2026.