by Ruth Solski (Author) Pippi is a silly little girl who lives without any grown-ups at the edge of the village with a monkey and a horse. Pippi's absurd stories and enormous exaggerations fill this story with humor and excitement. Pippi Longstocking is a nine year old girl who lives all alone in an old house at the edge of a tiny town in Sweden. Pippi's mother died when she was a tiny baby. For awhile she was raised by her father, a sea captain, who sailed on the great ocean and Pippi accompanied him on his ship. One day he was blown overboard in a storm and disappeared. Pippi left the ship and went to live in a home called Villa Villlekulla, Mr.