Heidi: An Illustrated Edition

by Johanna Spyri

Overview

Heidi is a young orphan sent to live with her grandfather in the Swiss Alps. At odds with his community, Heidi’s grandfather has been living in seclusion for years and, at first, resents her arrival in his life. But it does not take long for Heidi to crack his rough exterior, and soon they are living a happy life along with Heidi’s best friend, Peter. But when her strict aunt decides to send her away again, Heidi becomes determined to return to her idyllic life with her grandfather.

As one of the best-selling children’s classics of all time, Heidi has been adapted for the screen numerous times, including the famous 1937 film starring Shirley Temple. Heidiland remains an important tourist destination in author Johanna Spyri’s native Switzerland, and the success of the book lead to two sequels, Heidi Grows Up, and Heidi’s Children.

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Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781443432962
Publisher:	HarperCollins Canada
Publication date:	01/28/2014
Sold by:	HARPERCOLLINS
Format:	eBook
Pages:	272
Sales rank:	202,176
File size:	8 MB
Age Range:	6 - 9 Years

About the Author

Johanna Spyri was a Swiss author of children’s stories, best known for the classic coming-of-age tale Heidi: the Girl from the Alps. Spyri spent several summers in and around the mountainous area of Graubünden as a child, and the Alps would serve as inspiration for much of her writing. Upon moving to Zurich with her husband, where she would remain for the rest of her life, Spyri published her first story, “Ein Blatt auf Vronys Grab” (“A Note on Vrony’s Grave”), a gritty tale of a woman suffering from the abuse of her alcoholic husband. Yet it would be in children’s writing that Spyri would truly make her mark—Heidi was published to great international acclaim in 1880, and has gone on to become one of the best-selling children’s classics of all time. In 1884, both Spyri’s husband and only child passed away, and Spyri devoted herself to charitable causes for the remainder of her life, writing fifty more stories before her own death in 1901.