Heidi
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‘I would rather be with my grandfather on the Alp than anywhere on earth!’When Heidi is sent to live in the Swiss mountains with her bad-tempered old Grandfather, everyone in the village feels sorry for her. What will a little girl do in such an isolated home, and with such a grumpy companion? But Heidi soon discovers a secret: Grandfather isn’t nearly as cross as he looks – plus she can play all day in the fields among the bright flowers. But then Heidi is whisked away again to be a companion to a injured girl in the city. She longs for her beautiful mountain home – how will she ever get back again?BACKSTORY: Find out which character you most resemble and try out some Heidi-inspired activities!

Additional information

Weight 0.22 kg
Dimensions 2.4 × 13 × 18.8 cm
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Format

Paperback
Language

Pages

336
Publisher

Year Published

2012-9-6
Imprint

For Ages

9-11
Publication City/Country

London, United Kingdom
ISBN 10

0099573741
About The Author

Johanna Spyri was born in a country village in Switzerland in 1827. Her father was a doctor and she had five brothers and sisters. Later she moved to the capital Zurich to go to school and she eventually settled there with her husband Bernhard,who was a lawyer. Johanna began writing in 1871 and wrote many stories which quickly became very popular. Her husband and son both died tragically in 1884, but Johanna consoled herself with charity work and writing, as well as looking after her orphaned niece. She died in her Swiss village home in 1903. Heidi is Johanna Spyri's best known and most popular novel – it has been translated from German into over fifty languages and over fifty million copies have been sold worldwide.

The narrative is so simple, yet so evocative that you can almost smell the Alpine trees…It was one of the first books to celebrate the way children see the world around them and was intended, according to Spyri, as 'a story for children and those who love children'.
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The story of the orphan sent to live with her grandfather on his alp, her stay in Frankfurt and triumphant homecoming is, arguably, more popular with the world's children, than the Harry Potter series

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