Classic Starts®: Heidi
By Johanna Spyri (Author), Lisa Church (Abridged by), Karl James Mountford (Illustrator)
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Classic Starts®: Heidi
by Johanna Spyri, Lisa Church, Karl James Mountford
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OVERVIEW
When Heidi, an orphan, goes to live with her grandfather in the Swiss Alps, no one can imagine the solitary old man caring for a child. But the two grow to love each other, and Heidi blossoms in her new home. Johanna Spyri’s charming story—and spirited heroine—have won hearts for more than a century.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR(S)
Johanna Louise Spyri (1827–1901) was a Swiss author of novels, notably children’s stories, and is best known for her book Heidi. Born in Hirzel, a rural area in the canton of Zurich, Switzerland, as a child she spent several summers near Chur in Graubünden, the setting she later would use in her novels.