 Young, orphaned Heidi lives with her Aunt Dete, but is taken to live with her good-hearted, but grumpy, grandfather in the mountains. Grandfather mistrusts everyone and hopes to protect Heidi from the evils of the world. Heidi makes friends with Peter, the goatherd, and they live in their idyllic mountain world until Dete appears again to take Heidi to Frankfurt (Germany) to live with Fraulein Rottenmeier and work as a companion to her granddaughter Clara, who cannot walk. Heidi suffers from homesickness and eventually returns to her grandfather. Heidi and Clara keep in touch and Clara visits to experience the joy and healing power of the mountains. Gorgeous watercolor paintings take readers to the Swiss Alps and reflect the beauty of the region as described by Spyri in this classic story. An Afterword by Verena Rutschmann, head of research at the Swiss Institute of Media for Children and Young Adults, provides more information about the novel, which is the most popular piece of Swiss literature ever written. A condensed, illustrated young readers’ edition (2009, paperback 2015) is also available. mjw |
| Title: Heidi: The Years Of Learning And Travel Author: Johanna Spyri (1827-1901) Illustrator: Maja Dusikova Publisher: North South Books, Inc, an imprint of NordSud Verlag AG, Zurich Switzerland Copyright: 21105 Original Language: German Original Title: Originally published in two parts. Heidi’s Lehr und Wonderjahre and Heidi Kann brauchen, was es gallant hat Original Copyright: 1881 ISBN: 978-0-7358-4250-2 Hardcover pages: 162 Age range: 5 up Genre: Fiction Book setting: Switzerland, Germany Author’s ethnicity: Swiss Author’s residence: Lived in Zurich, Switzerland Illustrator’s ethnicity: Born in Czechoslovakia Illustrator’s residence: Florence, Italy Subjects: Alps, Swiss; Grandfather; Grandparent and child; Mountain life; Orphans |
Heidi: The Years Of Learning And Travel
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